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A Brief Work Trip to São Paulo, November 2013

·São Paulo, Brazil·#work-travel#architecture#sao-paulo#brazil#autumn-2013
A smiling man in a suit stands in a modern hallway with curved illuminated walls, with two people in the background.

Flew down to São Paulo for a couple of days of work in early November 2013. It was a quick turnaround, feeling like I spent most of my time moving between a plane cabin and these stark, modern office hallways. The whole trip was a blur of fluorescent lighting, suits, and name badges.

My main impression of the city itself was from the car, under consistently overcast skies. The Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge was a constant and striking landmark. Its massive, X-shaped pylon and the web of cables dominated the view against the grey weather, a piece of dramatic architecture in the middle of all the traffic.

From high up at night, the city looked completely different — an endless grid of orange and white lights stretching out to the horizon. It felt vast. Then it was time to leave, just as quickly as I'd arrived. Just another day of work in a different city.

A man stands in a brightly lit, modern hallway with curved walls and blue accents, with other people visible in a doorway.A smiling man in a suit jacket stands in a modern, well-lit hallway with curved architectural details and patterned carpet.A man in a dark jacket and plaid shirt smiles at the camera in a modern hallway with unique lighting and patterned carpet.A smiling man stands in a modern hallway with curved lights and several people in the background.A unique X-shaped cable-stayed bridge with many wires under a grey sky, and a digital road sign.Concrete, X-shaped cable-stayed bridge towers over a road with traffic under a cloudy sky, with a digital warning sign.An X-shaped cable-stayed bridge spans above a busy road with vehicles, bare trees, and an illuminated warning sign.Night view of a city with illuminated buildings, streets, and traffic, including a dark skyscraper and a blue-lit building.

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