“Last year we were one of a group of architects invited to submit proposals to reimagine the future of the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo in the city's Ibirapuera Park. We came up with the idea of four elevated pavilions that would be neither inside nor outside the park. They can be built without having to cut down a single tree or close a single road. These new pavilions would run through the city. You could have exhibitions above the avenues leading to the airport and space for temporary artists' residencies running through the park.

The amount of time it takes to get a project approved in a city like São Paulo is absurd. You can say that, here, bureaucracy keeps many jobs locked up in a drawer. But, despite this, there is some very important work being done. Another project here in São Paulo that I deeply admire is the Unified Education Centers [or CEUs, after their initials in Portuguese]. They were developed by Alexandre Delijaicov, André Takyia, and Wanderley Ariza and comprise 21 schools that were set up along the city's poor fringes during the administration of Mayor Marta Suplicy, from 2001 to 2004.