spanning 2.500 square meters, the unusual modernist building has been described as both ufo-like and the shape of a flower emerging from a rock, which was in fact the inspiration of the architect.

situated on a cliff-side overlooking niterói 's beautiful beaches and guanabara bay, one enters the building by walking up a wide slope which leads to a hall of expositions with capacity for sixty people.

made up of four cylindrical stories on the top of the boa viagem lookout, the structure took five years to be built, using the labor of over 300 workers - the building has all of the boldness of the pieces of art that are housed inside.