The first impression the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha leaves on an architect trained in Europe is not hard to remember, and could be summed up in the following question: “But, how does he manage to build that?” The first surprise is the structural
This interesting and didactic study alternates rigor and documentation with other added values that reveal an understanding of architecture in accordance with Mendes da Rocha’s statement to the effect that we ought to think with technique if we are t