"The futuristic ball-shaped house in São Paulo will host one of the two parts of the ABERTO5 exhibition, alongside a project on Faria Lima, a major avenue at the heart of the city featuring landmarks by architects such as Ruy Ohtake and Isay Weinfeld. Founded in 2022, ABERTO is an exhibition platform that promotes the encounter of architecture, art, and design in Brazil and internationally."
"Casa Bola was hand-built by Eduardo Longo between 1974 and 1979. The house is a prototype for his utopian vision of spherical housing and part of the radical architectural experiments undertaken in Brazil during the 20th century. Still inhabited by the architect since its completion, the building remains little known and is almost imperceptible within São Paulo's urban landscape. Suspended above the rooftop slab of his residence in the Itaim Bibi district, in the subprefecture of Pinheiros, the eight-meter-diameter spherical structure departs from traditional housing paradigms."
Casa Bola will open to the public in São Paulo from 7 March to 31 May 2026 as one of two venues for ABERTO5. ABERTO, founded in 2022, returns for its fifth edition after an international showing at Maison La Roche, presenting over 60 art and design pieces by 50 Brazilian and international artists. Casa Bola is an eight-meter-diameter, hand-built spherical prototype by Eduardo Longo, constructed 1974–1979 using ferrocement moulded over a mesh of recycled steel tubes. The continuous structure integrates walls, furniture, lighting and sanitary elements into an organic interior. The house remains inhabited and largely hidden within the Itaim Bibi/Pinheiros urban fabric. ABERTO5 also features a project on Faria Lima, highlighting major local architectural landmarks.
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