THE FUTURE OF RIO
These are the changes for the next 10 years in Rio de Janeiro
Cidade do Rock (City of Rock)
The land of 250 acres on the shores of Lake Jacarepaguá was used by the Rock in Rio in September this year. It hosted two large theaters, an amusement park, shops and even recreate a New Orleans’s street. It will be about 20 homes, which reach up to seven meters high, with bars, restaurants and jazz performances. after the
festival, the region will be transformed into a permanent space for concerts and used in the Olympics Games in 2016.
Hotel Gloria Launched in 1922, Gloria was the first five star hotel in Brazil. After hosting presidents and high society, it went into decline along with the neighbourhood of Gloria. In 2008 it was bought by a businessman called Eike Batista and now it is closed for renovation. The hotel will have its facade and interior renovate at a cost of 200 million dollars and will be reopened in the last quarter of 2011, named Gloria Palace. Eike has said it is his will to make of Gloria Hotel the first six stars hotel of the country.
Museu do Amanha (Museum of Tomorrow) Designed by a Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the museum will occupy 12,500 meters of Pier Maua. The construction is estimated in R$ 130 million, the project Poto Maravilha integrates set of interventions to revitalize the urban area. The inauguration is scheduled for the second half of 2012 and the building also boasts green seal. Its roof will look like scales and moves during the day according to the position of the sun to generate solar energy. Moreover it will use water of Guanabara Bay on cooling places.
Museu da Imagem e do Som - MIS (Museum of Image and Sound)
Scheduled to launch in the second half of 2012, the new headquarters of MIS be located at Avenida Atlantica, on the site that worked the nightclub Help. This is a project of the American architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, provides
six thousand square meters of constructed area. You will also have a green seal and will house an interactive museum, auditorium, cafes and panoramic restaurant, among other attractions. The glazing favor the view of Copacabana Beach.
BRTs
The bus lanes will cross the city and promise a revolution in public transport. There will be will be built three BRTs, an acronym which in English means Bus Rapid Transit (Transoeste, Transcarioca and Transolímpica). The total cost of bus lanes is estimated at about R$ 3.7 billion. According to the city council, the route between Penha and Barra will drop from 1h40min to only 40 minutes.
Novo Maracana (New Maracana)
The stadium will go through the most radical reform in its 61 year history. To meet FIFA requirements for the 2014 World Cup, Maracana had to be completely redesigned. The seats will be replaced by retractable models, 50 cm apart from each other. They will also be built new bathrooms, bars and restaurants. The roof of the stadium will be expanded, and leave only the field exposed to rain. Recently discovered problems in the cover of the old building increased the value of the renovation, which amounts to almost R$ 1 billion.
Porto Maravilha (Marvelous Port)
Approximately R$ 3.4 billion will be poured in projects in one of the oldest regions (and decadent) of The Rio. The renovation covers six districts, an area with five million square meters, and the residents will increase from the current 20,000 to 100,000 in the next decade. The construction were divided into two stages and its most ambitious is the overthrow of the Perimeter Highway overpass, which should be completed in 2015.
Linha 4 do Metro (Metro Line 4)
Envisioned as a solution to traffic toward Barra for decades, the construction of metro line 4 finally went out of paper. There will be six stations in the districts of São Conrado, Gávea, Leblon and Ipanema. According to the Department of Transportation, the
travel time between the west and the center is 35 minutes. In addition, the trains will pass through a cable-stayed bridge (suspended by cables), which will be built on Lagoa de Marapendi.
Parque Recanto do Trovador (Park Corner of Minstrel)
The old zoo will be retired after decades besieged by the violence unleashed by drug traffickers from the Morro do Macacos. The criminals were expelled after the installation of a Peacemaker Police Unit in October 2010.
In the park, from 35.5 thousand square meters, will be built a Nave do Conhecimento (Ship of Knowledge). The building will include courses, digital training workshops and interactive activities. The Recando do Trovador will house the Olympic Village of Vila Isabel, who will be able to receive up to 2,500 people.
Morar Carioca (Living Carioca)
The project promises to urbanize all the slums in Rio in 2020. The interventions include urban development and deployment of infrastructure; with the improvement and expansion of water networks, sewage and drainage opening of new roads and paving;
creation of parks, sports fields and recreational areas, public lighting, landscaping, and new system of garbage collection.
These are the changes for the next 10 years in Rio de Janeiro
Cidade do Rock (City of Rock)
The land of 250 acres on the shores of Lake Jacarepaguá was used by the Rock in Rio in September this year. It hosted two large theaters, an amusement park, shops and even recreate a New Orleans’s street. It will be about 20 homes, which reach up to seven meters high, with bars, restaurants and jazz performances. after the
festival, the region will be transformed into a permanent space for concerts and used in the Olympics Games in 2016.
Museu da Imagem e do Som - MIS (Museum of Image and Sound)
Scheduled to launch in the second half of 2012, the new headquarters of MIS be located at Avenida Atlantica, on the site that worked the nightclub Help. This is a project of the American architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, provides
six thousand square meters of constructed area. You will also have a green seal and will house an interactive museum, auditorium, cafes and panoramic restaurant, among other attractions. The glazing favor the view of Copacabana Beach.
BRTs
The bus lanes will cross the city and promise a revolution in public transport. There will be will be built three BRTs, an acronym which in English means Bus Rapid Transit (Transoeste, Transcarioca and Transolímpica). The total cost of bus lanes is estimated at about R$ 3.7 billion. According to the city council, the route between Penha and Barra will drop from 1h40min to only 40 minutes.
Novo Maracana (New Maracana)
The stadium will go through the most radical reform in its 61 year history. To meet FIFA requirements for the 2014 World Cup, Maracana had to be completely redesigned. The seats will be replaced by retractable models, 50 cm apart from each other. They will also be built new bathrooms, bars and restaurants. The roof of the stadium will be expanded, and leave only the field exposed to rain. Recently discovered problems in the cover of the old building increased the value of the renovation, which amounts to almost R$ 1 billion.
Approximately R$ 3.4 billion will be poured in projects in one of the oldest regions (and decadent) of The Rio. The renovation covers six districts, an area with five million square meters, and the residents will increase from the current 20,000 to 100,000 in the next decade. The construction were divided into two stages and its most ambitious is the overthrow of the Perimeter Highway overpass, which should be completed in 2015.
Envisioned as a solution to traffic toward Barra for decades, the construction of metro line 4 finally went out of paper. There will be six stations in the districts of São Conrado, Gávea, Leblon and Ipanema. According to the Department of Transportation, the
travel time between the west and the center is 35 minutes. In addition, the trains will pass through a cable-stayed bridge (suspended by cables), which will be built on Lagoa de Marapendi.
The old zoo will be retired after decades besieged by the violence unleashed by drug traffickers from the Morro do Macacos. The criminals were expelled after the installation of a Peacemaker Police Unit in October 2010.
In the park, from 35.5 thousand square meters, will be built a Nave do Conhecimento (Ship of Knowledge). The building will include courses, digital training workshops and interactive activities. The Recando do Trovador will house the Olympic Village of Vila Isabel, who will be able to receive up to 2,500 people.
The project promises to urbanize all the slums in Rio in 2020. The interventions include urban development and deployment of infrastructure; with the improvement and expansion of water networks, sewage and drainage opening of new roads and paving;
creation of parks, sports fields and recreational areas, public lighting, landscaping, and new system of garbage collection.
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