architect<\/a> built the structure by hand between 1974 and 1979 using ferrocement over a mesh of recycled steel tubes. Walls, furniture, lighting, and sanitary fixtures share the same material language. Corners disappear and floors tilt gently into partitions.<\/p>\n![\"aberto5](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/casa-bola-eduardo-longo-aberto5-sao-paulo-brazil-designboom-02.jpg\")
ABERTO5 will open inside Eduardo Longo\u2019s Casa Bola in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n
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sixty contemporary works to transform the home<\/p>\n
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For ABERTO5, the organizers treat the geometry of Casa Bola as a working condition. More than sixty new and recent pieces by Brazilian and international artists will be installed across roughly 1,000 square meters that include three levels, the terrace, and the spherical volume itself. Works are conceived in response to the house, placed along ramps, tucked into niches, or suspended against the dome so that visitors move with the architecture.<\/p>\n
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Paintings, sculptures, and installations track the shifts in scale inside the sphere. A curtain of aluminum and coated steel by Daniel Steegmann Mangran\u00e9 greets visitors at the entry. Elsewhere, sculptural interventions by Sarah Lucas and Erika Verzutti punctuate the tight passages.<\/p>\n
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Multimedia canvases by La\u00eds Amaral and Paloma Bosqu\u00ea register the curvature of the walls, while suspended works by Tom\u00e1s Saraceno and Leonor Antunes trace new lines through the air, mapping the interior as a three dimensional field.<\/p>\n
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the exhibition occupies the spherical ferrocement house built by hand between 1974 and 1979<\/p>\n
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aberto5 to take over the architect\u2019s current home<\/p>\n
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Casa Bola carries particular weight because Longo still lives there. The exhibition occupies a home that remains active, with traces of daily routines embedded in the plan. Windows are round and carefully placed, framing fragments of the surrounding neighborhood and the high rises beyond. Light enters as small, bright circles that drift across the floor during the day.<\/p>\n
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This proximity between domestic life and curated work shapes the atmosphere. Visitors encounter archival drawings, sketches, and models that outline Longo\u2019s broader research into spherical housing, alongside new commissions. The effect is direct. Architecture, memory, and contemporary production share the same surfaces, each adjusting to the constraints of the other.<\/p>\n
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visitors enter through tight stairs into a continuous interior shaped by curves and light<\/p>\n
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public artwork beyond the house<\/p>\n
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The 2026 edition also extends into the city through ABERTO Rua, a parallel street project along Faria Lima. Site specific works by Brazilian artists will occupy sidewalks and plazas, engaging nearby buildings by architects such as Ruy Ohtake and Isay Weinfeld. The gesture connects the intimacy of the house with the scale of the avenue, linking private experimentation with public space.<\/p>\n
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