Hotel Rosewood / Citade Matarrazo, São Paulo, 2022
This “forest tower”, designed by architect Jean Nouvel and decorated by Philippe Starck, stands in the heart of the Bela Vista district, on the space previously occupied by the Matarazzo maternity hospital, a famous Paulist hospital that saw the birth of more than 800,000 children during the 20th century.
The idea for this pharaonic project came from the French entrepreneur Alexandre Allard, who had already made a name for himself with the renovation of the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris a few years ago.
The ambition and singularity of this hotel is that it hosts a collection of recent works of contemporary Brazilian art.
These works are exposed freely to the sight of all, in the bend of the corridors or the staircases of the building.