Open House
Sérgio Bernardes research + event exhibition coordination & curatorship
Sérgio Bernardes research + event exhibition coordination & curatorship
Open House
Sérgio Bernardesresearch + event/ exhibtion
coordination & curatorship,
for
A Casa dos Passarinhos
As part of the celebration of architect Sérgio Bernardes' centenary, Casa dos Passarinhos—designed by Sérgio Bernardes' office in 1958 and renovated by Estúdio América in 2014—opened its doors to honor Bernardes' work and allow visitors to explore the house, which now serves as a research and production center for visual arts.
Over the weekend, the exhibition Processo do Projeto: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes: 1958 a 2014 was presented, featuring the documentary “Bernardes.doc,” directed by Tiago Bernardes, which explores Sérgio Bernardes' life and work. Two guided tours were organized in collaboration with the São Paulo architecture course curated by Marco Artigas, and two discussion panels were held: “Memória Arquitetônica e Memória Coletiva: Aproximações” with architect Horácio Costa (Prof. Dr. FFLCH USP), and “O Projeto de Reforma da Casa” with architects Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr (Estúdio América, the authors of the renovation project). These events contributed to a dialogue about Sérgio Bernardes' work, memory, and processes related to architecture.
Concept and Production
Eleonora Aronis
Visual Identity
Eleonora Aronis and Manuela Lourenço
Exhibition Design and Installation
Eleonora Aronis, Manuela Lourenço, André Carvalho, Juliana Ayako, Vinicius Gonçalves
Public Relations
Lilian Ring, Paula Miranda
Acknowledgements:
Kykah Bernardes, Lula Freitas, Estúdio América Team, Guilherme Motta, Lucas Fehr, Milton Gabbai, Horácio Costa, Arquitetura Paulistana, Marco Artigas, Ângelo Bucci, Manuela Lourenço, Farpa Marcenaria
Realization
A Casa dos Passarinhos
www.acasadospassarinhhos.com.br
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Open House,
Sérgio Bernardes
event
November 22, 2019
6:00 PM - Opening + Happy Hour
Opening of the exhibition "The Project Process: 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes"
8:00 PM - Screening of the documentary film Bernardes www.bernardesdoc.com.br
November 23, 2019
11:00 AM - Guided Tour
With Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr, organized by Marco Artigas
4:00 PM - Talks
"Architectural Memory and Collective Memory: Approximations" with Horácio Costa"The House Renovation Project" with Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr
November 24, 2019
5:00 PM - Closing
Final opportunity to visit the exhibition until 4:00 PM
The Project Process, 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes
exhibition
The exhibition The Project Process, 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes aimed to showcase a selection of the available material related to the Casa Avaré project. This included dozens of plans, sections, elevations, architectural detail drawings, construction notebooks, letters, and photographs that had never been exhibited or made available to the public before. The goal was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the entire design process of the house created by Sérgio Bernardes and the imagery related to the experience of inhabiting the space.
The project material was displayed in the house itself, alongside photographs documenting its occupation since the project's completion. The space, transformed and adapted in various ways over six decades, serves as a reflection on time, memory, and architectural processes. This exhibition was part of the centenary celebrations for architect Sérgio Bernardes, organized independently but with the support and insight of Kykah Bernardes, who managed the centenary events.
Casa Avaré is a project by Sérgio Bernardes that began in 1958 and underwent various modifications before reaching its final version, completed in 1967. The most radical change occurred in 1962 when a finalized and approved design was replaced by a new drawing incorporating a recently acquired Baroque church door as the house's entrance. Throughout the years, the house served as a single-family residence until 2012, when the Estúdio América initiated a restoration and renovation project. The aim of the renovation was to restore the house, which had suffered from deteriorated infrastructure over time, and adapt the space for new uses: as a residence, atelier, and cultural center.
Thus, the exhibition suggested the beginning of a conversation about this project and Sérgio Bernardes' work, proposing to view architecture not merely as a final product but as the realization of a thought process and an ever-evolving object. The exhibition presented a broad selection of documents that revealed the complexity of the stages in an architectural project, showing how a clear intention transforms and adjusts through various modifications until its realization.
Selected technical drawings and sketches from all stages of the project illustrated this process. The display included not only final presentation drawings but also plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, sketches, and notes that narrated the history of the project and the events surrounding it. Furthermore, it was apparent that the project does not end with the completion of construction; it is precisely at this point that it begins its dialogue with the real world, initiating a new phase of transformation. The quality of the space conceived in Sérgio Bernardes' project has transcended time, allowing different generations to live in and adapt it for various uses. Decades later, the renovation maintained the house's essence, highlighted its qualities, and repurposed its space to meet contemporary needs, thus beginning a new cycle in the ongoing process that is architecture.
Sérgio Bernardesresearch + event/ exhibtion
coordination & curatorship,
for
A Casa dos Passarinhos
As part of the celebration of architect Sérgio Bernardes' centenary, Casa dos Passarinhos—designed by Sérgio Bernardes' office in 1958 and renovated by Estúdio América in 2014—opened its doors to honor Bernardes' work and allow visitors to explore the house, which now serves as a research and production center for visual arts.
Over the weekend, the exhibition Processo do Projeto: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes: 1958 a 2014 was presented, featuring the documentary “Bernardes.doc,” directed by Tiago Bernardes, which explores Sérgio Bernardes' life and work. Two guided tours were organized in collaboration with the São Paulo architecture course curated by Marco Artigas, and two discussion panels were held: “Memória Arquitetônica e Memória Coletiva: Aproximações” with architect Horácio Costa (Prof. Dr. FFLCH USP), and “O Projeto de Reforma da Casa” with architects Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr (Estúdio América, the authors of the renovation project). These events contributed to a dialogue about Sérgio Bernardes' work, memory, and processes related to architecture.
Concept and Production
Eleonora Aronis
Visual Identity
Eleonora Aronis and Manuela Lourenço
Exhibition Design and Installation
Eleonora Aronis, Manuela Lourenço, André Carvalho, Juliana Ayako, Vinicius Gonçalves
Public Relations
Lilian Ring, Paula Miranda
Acknowledgements:
Kykah Bernardes, Lula Freitas, Estúdio América Team, Guilherme Motta, Lucas Fehr, Milton Gabbai, Horácio Costa, Arquitetura Paulistana, Marco Artigas, Ângelo Bucci, Manuela Lourenço, Farpa Marcenaria
Realization
A Casa dos Passarinhos
www.acasadospassarinhhos.com.br
Open House,
Sérgio Bernardes
event
November 22, 2019
6:00 PM - Opening + Happy Hour
Opening of the exhibition "The Project Process: 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes"
8:00 PM - Screening of the documentary film Bernardes www.bernardesdoc.com.br
November 23, 2019
11:00 AM - Guided Tour
With Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr, organized by Marco Artigas
4:00 PM - Talks
"Architectural Memory and Collective Memory: Approximations" with Horácio Costa"The House Renovation Project" with Guilherme Motta and Lucas Fehr
November 24, 2019
5:00 PM - Closing
Final opportunity to visit the exhibition until 4:00 PM
The Project Process, 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes
exhibition
The exhibition The Project Process, 1958 to 2014: Casa Avaré, Sérgio Bernardes aimed to showcase a selection of the available material related to the Casa Avaré project. This included dozens of plans, sections, elevations, architectural detail drawings, construction notebooks, letters, and photographs that had never been exhibited or made available to the public before. The goal was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the entire design process of the house created by Sérgio Bernardes and the imagery related to the experience of inhabiting the space.
The project material was displayed in the house itself, alongside photographs documenting its occupation since the project's completion. The space, transformed and adapted in various ways over six decades, serves as a reflection on time, memory, and architectural processes. This exhibition was part of the centenary celebrations for architect Sérgio Bernardes, organized independently but with the support and insight of Kykah Bernardes, who managed the centenary events.
Casa Avaré is a project by Sérgio Bernardes that began in 1958 and underwent various modifications before reaching its final version, completed in 1967. The most radical change occurred in 1962 when a finalized and approved design was replaced by a new drawing incorporating a recently acquired Baroque church door as the house's entrance. Throughout the years, the house served as a single-family residence until 2012, when the Estúdio América initiated a restoration and renovation project. The aim of the renovation was to restore the house, which had suffered from deteriorated infrastructure over time, and adapt the space for new uses: as a residence, atelier, and cultural center.
Thus, the exhibition suggested the beginning of a conversation about this project and Sérgio Bernardes' work, proposing to view architecture not merely as a final product but as the realization of a thought process and an ever-evolving object. The exhibition presented a broad selection of documents that revealed the complexity of the stages in an architectural project, showing how a clear intention transforms and adjusts through various modifications until its realization.
Selected technical drawings and sketches from all stages of the project illustrated this process. The display included not only final presentation drawings but also plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, sketches, and notes that narrated the history of the project and the events surrounding it. Furthermore, it was apparent that the project does not end with the completion of construction; it is precisely at this point that it begins its dialogue with the real world, initiating a new phase of transformation. The quality of the space conceived in Sérgio Bernardes' project has transcended time, allowing different generations to live in and adapt it for various uses. Decades later, the renovation maintained the house's essence, highlighted its qualities, and repurposed its space to meet contemporary needs, thus beginning a new cycle in the ongoing process that is architecture.
