Arame Opera Monument (Curitiba)

Inaugurated in 1992, the Opera de Arame is one of the greatest tourist attractions in Curitiba, capital of the State of Paraná. The monument, authored by the Paranaense architect Domingues Bogestabs, is inserted in Parque das Pedreiras, a natural area with many lakes and native vegetation.

The transparent building, which has capacity for 1,572 spectators, is among the most visited tourist spots in the city and has a series of shows. With an innovative structure - a construction and feita with steel tubes and glass - or clam project to integrate the work to the landscape, tracing or side of the outside to inside the room.

A Opera de Arame é um exemplar da Modern Architecture.

The idea of ​​building a dated space arose from the prefecture of the time, who would like to avoid cancellations of events due to bad weather.

As a local escort, it had a beautiful native bush, or challenge was erguer A building that does not enter into conflict as a space year redor.

To construction

Incredible as it seemed, the Opera de Arame was

built in some75 days. O space can accommodate 1,572 spectators and occupies a space of four thousand square meters.

The initial desire arose in the year 1991 because many events in the city were affected by climatic phenomena. With the repetition of this problem, more and more constant, arose at the idea of ​​creating a covered space.

A region where the Opera de Arame is located, de facto, a stone, which belongs to the Gava family. A region, which was quite covered by vegetation, was uncovered by an assessor.

Assim that you visit or space, a team arose with the idea of ​​projecting a transparent building, which is capable of tracing the outside in, as shown. a decoration of the walls fosse a proper nature ao redor.

Following the precetos of modern architecture, a vocation of precedence should be integrated to or space and not seem foreign to it. As a circular structure, or greater objective was that or building Do not enter the conflict with the country.

Or projeto do edifício ganhou corpo during or more than September 1991. A construção da Ópera de Arame was made from glass, metal structures and aço tubes.

Or material for the construction of space to see all of the metropolitan region of Curitiba. Just before the inauguration, many frequent visitors to the region to observe a curious work.

For access to Opera de Arame or visitor needs to walk through a walkway over the lake. This construction detail invites or visitors to enjoy the surrounding landscape observe or side of an unexpected point of view.

Generally we are used to appreciating lakes observing from the margem, thanks to the project of Domingues Bogestabs we can experience it through different angles, even tendo as a point of view or seu center. Also to enjoy the side view when we are on the walkway, thanks to the small holes I do not floor, we can also contemplate the water below two feet.

Or author of the project

O responsible for the architectural project of the Opera de Arame was Domingos Henrique Bongestabs (1941), an architect and university professor born in Paraná.

Sundays atuou between 1967 and 1995 as professor of the department of architecture and urbanism at UFPR and also was a teacher at PUC do Paraná. At the same time, he held public positions not in the urban area.

In 1991 I was invited by Jaime Lerner, the prefect of Curitiba, to show or theater.

Find-available online an interview with Domingos Bongestabs, or architect responsible for the project of the Opera de Arame:

To inauguration

The monument was conceived during the mandate of the prefeito Jaime Lerner and inaugurated on March 18, 1992.

A peça Sonho de Uma Noite de Verão, by English author William Shakespeare, inauguraurou o espaço. Directed by Cacá Rosset (responsible for the Platypus Group), or show deu or initial pontapé for the 1st Curitiba Theater Festival.

Tourism and Events at the Opera de Arame

According to a research carried out by the Municipal Institute of Tourism, the Arame Opera House and the two most visited tourist spots in Curitiba. Next to the estão is the Jardim Botânico, or the Oscar Niemeyer Museum and the Tinguá Park.

Na Ópera de Arame has never played great artists like Chico Buarque, Tom Jobim, Roberto Carlos, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Rita Lee.

Or a space also for theater events, training sessions, cultural appearances and meetings of private initiative.

Or inside the Opera de Arame

The 1,572 places located inside the show hall are divided as follows:

• 1,406 places located in plateia;
• 136 assentos us cabins;
• 18 spaces for people with special needs;
• 12 assentos for obese.

In relation to the dimensions of the box, it has a 21.3m mouth, 20.5m box, 23.3m deep and 6.65m high (dinner mouth).

Já no beginning of the project was planned for or subsolo da Opera de Arame (or space located below plates) to construction of a restaurant, a space for exhibitions and banheiros to give support to public. Currently the spaces are fully operational.

Pedreiras Park

Two lungs in the urban region of Curitiba, or park that shelters the Opera of Arame and a space for environmental preservation that has more than 100,000 square meters of area.

O nome do park was given hair by Rafael Greca, who wanted to see a reference to the region to be full of huge rocks.

In 2012, the park was, through a public concession, embraced by a private initiative company that gave the authorization for the exploration of concertos and presentations.

Além da Ópera de Arame, no Parque is also located in the Espaço Cultural Paulo Leminski (or it was not given later as a tribute to the Curitiba poet). The Espaço Cultural Paulo Leminski was inaugurated in 1989 with the capacity to house 20,000 people a year free.

Conheça also

• Brasilia Cathedral
• Lacerda elevator