Central do Brasil Station: Exoconcourse / Endostreet

In this project we take on the site’s monumentality with interventions that are equally monumental, and use this feature to domesticate and equalize the current situation, not to clash and contrast. This project takes the concourse of the station out, and the street in: exo- and endo-. It is based on the redesign of the station’s surrounding urban fabric, closely interweaving it with a large-scale and continuous canopy that expands its main concourse, connecting different areas on the same level. Aiming at energizing the connectivity of its surrounding communities, the station was set up to have a more active local role. The new urban tissue around the station allows for more diverse connections between Downtown and the neighborhoods on the hills (favelas). The axis created by the canopy culminates at two key-elements: a linear park climbing up the hill, and an elevator cluster.