The conservation of Santapaula Yacht Club in Interlagos: memories of a modern São Paulo.

Abstract

The conservation of the old Santapaula Yacht Club, in Interlagos neighborhood, gives rise to a reading of this work that transcends the technical and constructive aspects of the consecrated brutalist architecture of the Boathouse of João Vilanova Artigas and Carlos Cascaldi. Opened in early 1960s, the yacht club represents a particular facet of optimistic modernity of the post-World War II period, betting in new spaces and programs of use. The work’s conservation process by the municipal heritage conservation office enables to envisage its meaning as a cultural manifestation of the construction of São Paulo’s modern metropolis.