Minimum Documentation Fiche 2011
composed by national/regional working party of: Brazil
0.1 Picture of building/site
depicted item: View of the main facade.
source: DAD/COC/Fiocruz
date: c.1955
0.2 Picture of building/site
depicted item: View of the main facade.
source: DAD/COC/Fiocruz
date: c.1960
0.3 Picture of building/site
depicted item: Original project of the pavilion.
source: DAD/COC/Fiocruz
date: c.1952
04 Picture of building/site
depicted item: Original project of the pavilion.
source: DAD/COC/Fiocruz
date: c.1952
0.5 Picture of building/site
depicted item: View of the main facade today.
source: DPH/COC/Fiocruz
date: 2012
1. Identity of building/group of buildings/urban scheme/landscape/garden
1.1 current name of building Henrique Aragão Pavilion
1.2 variant or former name
Laboratory for the Yellow Fever (LaFA)
1.3 number & name of street Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos
1.4 town Rio de Janeiro
1.5 province/state Rio de Janeiro
1.6 zip code 21045-900
1.7 country Brazil
1.8 national grid reference
1.9 classification/typology Laboratory
1.10 protection status & date it is not protected
2 History of building
2.1 original brief/purpose yellow fever vaccine manufacturer laboratory
2.2 dates: commission/completion 1954-1960
2.3 architectural and other designers Roberto Nadalutti
2.4 others associated with building Public Health Especial Service (SESP) and
Nacional Yellow Fever Service (SNFA)
2.5 significant alterations with dates
2.6 current use vaccine manufacturer and research laboratory
2.7 current condition well preserved
3 Description
3.1 general description
The main block was designed as a predominant horizontal
volume, with blind facades, while the main and rear facades have been solved according
to the sunlight orientation. The building has an independent structure that holds the
concrete slabs tiles by harness system.
3.2 construction The original project, which included the construction of two blocks, was
only partially implemented. The annexe block that would be connected to the main block
by a walkway - designed to have garage, mechanical and carpentry workshops, kitchen,
dining and storage - was never built.
3.3 context The first site chosen to the construction of the laboratory was located in the
district of Vila Isabel (Rio de Janeiro), but by the initiative of Francisco da Silva Laranja,
director of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz at the time, the building was transferred to
Manguinhos.
4 Evaluation
4.1 technical
Besides the artistic intention, the structural solution (sequence of large
external hollow pillars) adopted for the main block was to release the inner area, ensuring
flexibility for the use of space.
4.2 social
The laboratory is internationally recognized as a yellow fever vaccine
manufacturer.
4.3 cultural & aesthetic
The structural solution designed for the main block, with a
sequence of large external hollow pillars, is the most striking feature of the building.
4.4 historical The inauguration of the Laboratory for the Yellow Fever at the Oswaldo
Cruz Institute is an important mark for public health and sanitary policy. It´s construction
was possible because of the international cooperation agreement (1942) between the
brazilian government and U.S. government (Institute of Inter-American Affairs/ IIAA) in the
health field.
4.5 general assessment
5 Documentation
5.1 principal references
CZAJKOWSKI, Jorge (Org.). Guia da arquitetura moderna no Rio de Janeiro. Rio de
Janeiro: Casa da Palavra; Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, 2000.
OLIVEIRA, Benedito Tadeu de. (Coord.); COSTA, Renato da Gama-Rosa; PESSOA,
Alexandre José de Souza. Um lugar para a ciência: a formação do campus de
Manguinhos. RJ: Editora Fiocruz, 2003. (Coleção História e Saúde).
PORTO, Ângela et al. História da saúde no Rio de Janeiro: instituições e patrimônio
arquitetônico – Rio de Janeiro (1808-1958). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz; 2008.
5.2 visual material attached
5.3 rapporteur/date Ana Albano Amora, Inês Andrade, Renato da Gama-Rosa Costa/
July, 2012
6 Fiche report examination by ISC/R
name of examining ISC member: date of examination:
approval:
working party/ref. n°: Brazil
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