新的leme画廊建于2011年，离原来的画廊有两个街区。它是由Paulo Mendes da Rocha和Metro建筑师设计的第一座建筑的重建，于2011年底被拆除。在原项目的复制之外，又增加了一个新的建筑，一个9×9米宽的立方体，通过上层的天桥与主楼相连。

The new leme gallery was built in 2011 two blocks away from the original one. It is a reconstruction of the first building designed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro architects, demolished by the end of 2011. Beyond the reproduction of the original project, it was added a new building, a cube of 9×9 meters wide, connected to the main building by a footbridge on the upper floor.

这套新建筑是画廊的所有者与一家大型建筑公司谈判的结果，该公司买下了旧画廊所在的整个街区，以建设一个商业企业。这是城市快速转型过程的一部分，是圣保罗市的典型。

This new set of buildings is a result of the negotiation of the owner of the gallery with a big construction company who bought the whole block in which the old gallery was located to construct a commercial enterprise. This is part of the process of fast urban transformation, typical of the city of Sao Paulo.

从许多选择中，人们决定最好的解决方案是重塑同一个项目。除了作为画廊的一个强大的特点，保持建筑原貌的想法是一个机会，可以讨论保护建筑遗产的想法，项目对建筑对象的重要性，并创造一个意想不到的空间体验的可能性：考虑到拆除发生在新建筑结束后，有可能参观两个画廊，一个在另一个，只相隔两个街区。考虑到这两座建筑的物理属性都很有特点，一种奇怪的似曾相识的效果自然而然地发生了。

From many options, it was decided that the best solution was to remake the same project. Besides being a strong characteristic of the gallery, the idea of keeping the building as it was before was an opportunity to put up for discussion the ideas of preservation of the architectural patrimony, the prevalence of the project over the constructed object and to create a possibility of an unexpected spatial experience: considering that the demolishment took place after the conclusion of the new building, it was possible to visit both galleries, one after the other only two blocks apart. Having in mind that both buildings were so characteristic in their physical attributes, a curious deja-vu effect naturally happened.

主楼和辅助楼都是完全由钢筋混凝土建造的。我们的目标是保持保罗-门德斯-达罗沙最初项目的形式和材料基础，包括在连接桥上，就像它是一个延续，从原来的体积增长。支持性建筑在上面的人行道上有一个大型收藏品，在地面上有一个新的展览室。通过桥和开放的天井，新增的空间和原始设计中已经存在的空间之间的联系变得非常流畅。

Both main and support buildings are entirely built of reinforced concrete. The goal was to keep the same formal and material fundaments of the original project by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, including in the connecting bridge, as if it was a continuation, a growth from the original volume. The support building shelters a big collection on the upper pavement and a new exhibition room on the ground level. Through the bridge and the open patio, the connection between the added spaces and the spaces that already existed in the original design becames very fluid.

这个天井是将新增空间作为与原空间不同的主体的决定的结果，它实际上是一个重要的衔接点，证明了支撑建筑作为一种类型的想法的丰富性，即使不是后来创造的，也是一种新增的。

This patio, which resulted from the decision of making the added spaces as a distinct body from the original one is actually an important place of articulation and proves the richness of the idea of the support building as a type, even if not created later, as an addition.

支持区都集中在一个侧边地带，使电气和液压装置的分布更容易。行政区域有天窗和窗户，位于展览室的上方，展览室有六到九米高，也有天顶照明。建筑用大钢门和玻璃封闭。

The support areas are all concentrated in a side strip, making the distribution of electrical and hydraulic installations easier. The administrative areas have skylight and windows and are located over the exhibition rooms, which have between six and nine meters tall, also with zenithal illumination.The building is closed with big steel doors and glass.

Architects: Metro Arquitetos Associados, Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Area: 554 m²
Year: 2012
Photographs: Leonardo Finotti
Manufacturers: Camargo e Silva, Fuminas, Reka Iluminação, Tuper S/A
Construction: Sm3
Electrical: PHE Projetos Hidráulicos e Elétricos Ltda
Collaborators:Alfonso Simelio, Antonia Peña, Bruno Kim, Filipe Barrocas, Isadora Marchi, Luis Tavares, Marina Ioshii, Pedro Mesquita
Illumination:Ricardo Heder
Structure:Heloísa Maringoni, Cia de Projetos
Electric:PHE
Authors:Paulo Medes da Rocha, Martin Corullon, Gustavo Cedroni, Anna Ferrari
City:São Paulo
Country:Brazil