The Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, designed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, sits on a 75,000-square foot triangular site on a main thoroughfare in São Paulo, Brazil. Instead of creating a free-standing building, the museum and the landscape are treated as a whole. Large concrete slabs create partly underground internal spaces and also form an exterior plaza with water pools and an esplanade. An immense 97-foot long, 39-foot wide beam frames the museum givimg the museum a presence, while also fulfilling the need for shade and shelter for the exterior plaza. That puts the focus toward the visitors which use the plaza for relaxation, relief and performances.