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This collection of architectural drawings for the Livraria da Vila bookshop in Sao Paulo is a good example of the architectural design process, showing both rough perspective plans as well as more highly finished interior schemes.  \r\n\r\nThe architectural drawings were created for the Livraria da Vila bookshop in the prestigious Jardim Paulista area of Sao Paulo. As a result of the widely acclaimed structure, Weinfeld was commissioned to design two subsequent Livraria da Vila branches located around Brazil.  Weinfeld’s design brief was to create a space that reflected the client’s belief that bookstores should be cultural hubs as well as places of commerce.  To achieve this, Weinfeld incorporated into his scheme a small lecture auditorium, a café and a storytelling area for children.  \r\n\r\nOne of the striking elements of the Livraria da Vila’s design is the pivoting glass-fronted, steel framed doors lined with books that form the entrance to the bookshop during opening hours.  Weinfeld’s inspiration for this design element is said to be les bouquinistes, the Parisian second-hand booksellers that line the banks of the river Seine selling books beneath their green wooden awning boxes. \r\n\r\nThis design drawing is a perspective view of the seating and café area on the first floor of the Livraria da Vila. The visible lines of perspective in the design and the level of finish suggest that this was not a presentation drawing to be presented to the client but rather a preliminary design. Weinfeld wanted to create an open plan environment for the bookstore in order to facilitate circulation.  Reflecting this, the protruding row of bookshelves that separate the seating area from the café space is deliberately not floor to ceiling in height and is used as a connecting structure, a receptacle for books as well as a table for those seated in the café. \r\n\r\nThese drawings are particularly significant to the Collection as they mark the V&A’s first acquisition of a South American architect's work.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Interior perspective view rendered in pencil on tracing paper of the first floor of the Livraria da Vila bookstore in Sao Paulo.  The design drawing depicts a sofa seating area on the left and the public café to the right. The two spaces are separated by a low multifunctional bookshelf, which to the left houses books and to the right provides a counter top table with chairs beside it for those visiting the café. Two human figures have been roughly sketched next to a table on the right. Perpective lines leading to the vanishing point are still visible. 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