Edifício João Brícola
João Brícola Building | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Art Deco[1][2] |
Owner | Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Floor area | 1,245 m2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Elisário Bahiana [pt] |
The João Brícola Building (Portuguese: Edifício João Brícola), better known as the Mappin Building (Portuguese: Prédio do Mappin), is a large building in the city of São Paulo, designed by the architect Elisário Bahiana [pt] (1891-1980), the same person responsible for the Viaduto do Chá and the São Paulo Jockey Club.[3] The name of the building comes from the banker João Brícola [pt], who donated half of his fortune to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia.[4]
History
The building was originally designed to be the headquarters of the Banco Banespa, but management considered it to be far from São Paulo's financial center, at the time located on Rua Direita and 15 de Novembro, just over 1 km from Praça Ramos. Santa Casa de Misericórdia had a building in that area, more precisely on Rua João Brícola, and in this way the property exchange was carried out with Banespa, and Santa Casa became the owner of the building.[3] The building became notorious for housing the Mappin department store.[5]
The building remained empty between 2003 and 2004, when Extra had given up on the location because it deemed the rent, then set at R$600,000, too high.[6] In 2019, the building was sold to São Carlos Empreendimentos e Participações (SCEP), a company headed by billionaires Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira. Casas Bahia became tenants, but in 2023 left the building.[5]
In April 2023, the building was sold for R$71.5 million. SCEP did not reveal who the buyer was, but the building will house the Serviço Social do Comércio's new headquarters.[4] SESC began renovating the building, with the aim of transforming it into an organization museum. The building is expected to be ready in 2027. In October 2023, it was announced that the building would be partially reopened to the public, with exhibition space about the history of SESC.[4]
References
- ^ Agostinho, Victor (1994-06-03). "Roteiro revela art déco paulistano". Folha de S.Paulo.
- ^ Scholz, Cley (2014-04-24). "Prédios de São Paulo: Mappin". Estadão.
- ^ a b Carvalho, Mario Cesar (2004-09-02). "Prédio do antigo Mappin será reaberto em SP". Folha de S.Paulo.
- ^ a b c Castelani, Clayton (2023-10-02). "Prédio do Mappin passará por retrofit para virar museu e sede do Sesc no centro de SP". Folha de S.Paulo.
- ^ a b Kruse, Tulio (2023-03-07). "Casas Bahia fecham loja, e antiga sede do Mappin volta a ficar vazia no centro de SP". Folha de S.Paulo.
- ^ Carvalho, Mario Cesar (2004-09-02). "Prédio do antigo Mappin será reaberto em SP". Folha de S.Paulo.
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