Projects

39 - Restoration of the pavillion "Casa de Chá" (House of Tea) Três Poderes Square, Brasília (DF) Israel Pinheiro Foundation Support amount: R$ 151 thousand

This building is part of the urban set of Brasília constructed over the city plateau, which is historically registered by IPHAN since 1990. The House of Tea access is interdicted at the present time, since it shows landslide risk. The restoration project, with the orientation of the architect Oscar Niemeyer's office, proposes to stabilize the structure of the building, to restore it and aftwerwards to reopen it for the public, not only rescuing its original function, a small coffee-shop where people can get together, as well as presenting a permanent exhibition about the transference of the capital to Brasilia.

40 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Militares (Our Lady of Conception Church): Restoration of the Church and the Main Altar Recife (PE) Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Pernambuco’s Federal University Development Support Foundation - FADE) Financial support: R$ 1.12 million

Built during the 18th century by Irmandade dos Sargentos e Soldados da Guarnição de Recife (Religious Order of Sargents and Soldiers of Recife), the Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Militares Church has a simple front. Inside it, however, the church keeps some valuables such as the image of Our Lady of Conception on the main altar, white and golden rococo style sculptures in the central arch, and roof paintings portraying Virgin Mary pregnant and the first Guararapes battle.  Considered by the Brazilian baroque researcher, Germaine Bazin, “the Cistine chapel” of Brazilian rococo. IPHAN restored the structured and all sculptures, fully impaired due to termites; BNDES contributed with the artistic restoration, so the church could be admired and studied in its original magnificence. Besides the Golden Chapel of Franciscana Church (San Francisco Church), Conceição dos Militares Church is the most beautiful religious monument of Recife.

41 - Restoration and Adaptation of Use of the Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna Pavillion Belém (PA) Caretaker Society of the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Support amount: R$ 1 million

Created in October of 1866 for the naturalist Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, the Museu Paranaense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG) has as its mission to produce and to spread out knowledge and scientific collections about natural and social-economic systems related to Amazonia. MPEG, one of the most important Brazilian museums, invests in scientific and techical formation, promotes researches, contributing effectively for the creation of public politics and to the development of the region. The Museum Emilio Goeldi has a Zoobotanic Park with more than 2 thousand species of plants and about 600 native animals from the Amazonia, in an area of 52 thousand square meters. The Museum also holds a collection of more than 100 thousand parts in the Archaeology and Anthropology areas. The Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna Pavilion, constructed in 1887 and historically registered by Iphan in 1994, is considered the mark of the beginning of natural sciences in the region and the major symbol of the Museum's inheritance. Also known as Rocinha, the property became the institutional mark of the Museum for its historical importance along the 137 years of existence. The building has served as shelter for the exhibition to the public of the results proceeding from scientific researches. The project has as its purpose, the restoration of the building, including its structural stabilization, to implement cultural, artistic and educational activities, thus making public the scientific production of the Museum.

42 - Treasures of the National Library - Permanent Exhibit Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Miguel de Cervantes Foundation in support of Research and Reading at the National Library Support amount: R$ 500 thousand

The National Library holds a well-stocked collection of bibliographies and documents on Latin America; with over 9 million pieces, this collection makes it one of the ten largest libraries in the world. The National Library is responsible for keeping and preserving the Brazilian bibliographic production, besides making this heritage available to the public to conduct research; the exhibitions are also a means of democratizing public access to the cultural heritage of Brazil. The restoration project is sponsored by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), and aims at turning the area on the 4th floor of the administrative building - the noble area of the building that now houses the National Library Foundation President's office - fit to exhibit and democratize the Treasures from the National Library thanks to a permanent exhibit.  As an integral part of the National Library building, whose ecclectic style permeates neoclassican and art nouveau elements, this noble space is considered the most appropriate to house the "National Library Treasures -Permanent Exhibit" in view of its architectonic beauty and monumental stained-glass skylight.

43 - Emergency Recovery Plan for the Museum of Fine Arts - MNBA Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Friends of the National Museum of Fine Arts Association Support amount: R$ 1 million

The history of the National Museum of Fine Arts has its origin with the arrival to Brazil of the Royal Family and the French Artistic Mission of 1816. Its initial collection rebuilds these historic facts. It was initially established as the Gallery of the Imperial Academy. For more than a century, in the same format of the congenerous institutions in Europe and the United States, the Museum and academy formed a single institution. Law no. 378, of January 13, 1937, granted autonomy to the old Gallery, transforming it into the National Museum of Fine Arts, which was inaugurated as such on August 19, 1938. The building, registered by the Iphan, was designed by the Spanish architect Adolfo Morales de los Rios and elaborated in the eclectic style, being inaugurated in 1908, as the new main building of the National School of Fine Arts and its Gallery, today's National Museum of Fine Arts. Its collection represents the most important historic record of Brazilian art and a noteworthy foreign collection, with approximately 15 thousand artifacts - among Brazilian and foreign artists - with highlights among the engravings, with works from the precursor of this art form in Brazil, Carlos Osvald, up to the most contemporary such as Rubem Grilo. The 19th century Brazilian art nucleus, with paintings, sculptures and drawings is the country's most important. Italian baroque works from the 17th century, that were unknown 15 years ago, are the only ones in Latin America and are constantly lent out to exhibits in Europe. The project's proposal is to promote the recovery of the museological structure that comprises the building, its functions and equipment in a way to guarantee the preservation of the collection of temporary exhibits and people's safety.

44 - Conservation and Recovery of the Montserrat Church of the São Bento Monastery. Rio de Janeiro (RJ) São Bento Monastery of Rio de Janeiro Value of support: R$ 1 million.

Considered, for its architecture, paintings and sculptures, the most important monument built in Brazil since the sixteen hundreds, the São Bento Monastery was one of the first constructions to be registered by the Union, in 1938. The Monastery's Church, Nossa Senhora de Monserrate, gathers in harmony the first aesthetic trends of the end of the 17th century and the entire 18th century. In its interior, all covered in gold, the visitor is surrounded by the Baroque contrasts of the gold leaf, the richly polychromed images and pieces for veneration.

45 - Restoration and Revitalization of the Architectural Complex of Convento de Santo Antônio (Saint Anthony's Monastery) Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Província Franciscana da Imaculada Conceição do Brasil (Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil) Value of support: R$ 1,35 million

The Convento de Santo Antônio (Saint Anthony's Monastery) of Rio de Janeiro was founded and till today is still supported by the Franciscan Order. Its construction started with the placement of a cornerstone in 1608 and it was completed in 1780. It is located at the top of Morro de Santo Antônio (Saint Anthony's Hill), in front of Largo da Carioca, in a noticeable spot of Rio de Janeiro Downtown.The Monastery consists of a building complex, including two churches: Igreja de Santo Antônio (Saint Anthony's Church) and Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco da Penitência (Church of the Third Order of San Francisco). This is the first stage of the restoration project.

46 - Igreja do Carmo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) Ouro Preto (MG) Instituto Cultural Flavio Gutierrez (Flavio Gutierrez Cultural Institute) Value of support: R$ 591,5 thousand.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church), located in Ouro Preto, is one of the most sophisticated churches in Brazil. The Third Order of Mount Carmel brought together the best artists in the surroundings for the construction of its temple, introducing the rococo style in Minas Gerais. The side altars of Saint John and Our Lady of Mercy and the Vestry's Soapstone Washbasin were sculptured by Aleijadinho. The purpose of the project was to restore the Church and its Outbuilding by restoring the roof, woods, glass windows and bells and immunizing and restoring the altars and statues, replacing the current paint and recovering the electrical system.

Other projects

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