The Transfer Stations project for the São Paulo City Hall's Integrated Transport System, delivered in 2004, involved the refurbishment and maintenance of bus stops located on important avenues in the city, including Nove de Julho, Rebouças, Consolação, Ibirapuera and others.
In its conception, Bacco's aim was to create a project with minimal shelter, clean design and aerodynamic aesthetics, to allow minimal interference in the landscape through the transparency of its slender metal profiles. Given their importance in the urban landscape, the sketches and models of the bus stops are currently part of the collection of the Pompidou Museum in Paris.
At the time, the call for tenders proposed a minimum module of 8 meters which, when added together, would constitute stations of 16 and 40 meters. "The problem was putting these modules together on sloping streets, as it created 'staircases' that were difficult to get around," explains Marcelo Barbosa, architect and partner at Bacco. Also, according to Marcelo, the project considered that the structures should survive for at least 50 years, hence the importance of updating and correctly maintaining the points.
Team:
Architects: Bacco Arquitetos Associados
Photographers: Nelson Kon, Ana Mello
