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Cultural Center of the Electoral Justice / Restoration project
 
 

RESTAURATION AND USE PROPOSAL
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| Transformation | Courtroom
| Electoral ballot box | Documentation center

Transformation - In order to maintain the life of the protected monument, the restoration project aims at the adaptation of the building to other functions relative to its historical course. This way, besides recovering its original form, the building has new uses: it is transformed into a modern cultural center, completely dedicated to the public, which is able to enjoy their historic building.

On the ground floor, the central great hall houses temporary exhibitions on a side and a library on the other. The exhibited works of art benefit from free voids, making the space more versatile and able to receive well objects, either bigger or smaller.

Also on the ground floor, a museum of the Electoral Justice is installed, which tells the history of democracy and voting in Brazil. The starting point is almost as old as the arrival in 1500 of the Portuguese Cabral in the "Land of the True Cross": the year 1532, when the first election was held in the territory of the Portuguese America to elect the Town Council of Saint Vincent, in fact the first vote in the Colony. 

Main façade, corner of Primeiro de Março and Rosário Streets Main façade, corner of Primeiro de Março and Rosário Streets Cast iron windows on the lateral façade Cast iron windows on the lateral façade Façade detail in Primeiro de Março Street Ornaments Façade detail Façade detail Rotunda: its marble was white Central great hall Access stairway to the second floor Bank windows Courtroom; on the bottom, a panel by A. Parreiras Arcades and portraits of illustrious figures seen from the courtroom: infiltrations Great hall contiguous to the courtroom; on the bottom, a painting by A. Parreiras Detail of the damaged balustrade On the second floor, great hall preceding the courtroom Ornament fallen from the façade: danger In the courtroom, detail of the presidency seat Floor in hydraulic mosaic Wallpaper and lamp: disfigurements Painting by A. Parreiras Scenes of Direita Street in the 19th century Direita Street, by Sigismond Himely, 1831 Scenes of Direita Street in the 19th century Carceller Boulevard, undated
 
 
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