The living and kitchen spaces are wrapped in full height glass planes The architect has created continuity between interior and exterior space flooding the house with light and a generous sense of space The living room leads out onto a covered terrace The sleeping areas are enveloped in timber screens concrete and tiles exaggerate the sense of perspective in the corridor An additional volume containing a timber deck and infinity swimming pool protrudes from the main floor slab into the landscape The swimming pool's tip appears to subtly float above the site's slope Facing west onto the soft hilly landscape at its feet and respecting the topography's natural contours the house sits at the area's highest point Casa Redux surely encapsulates the idea of a dream retreat See the interactive floor plan of Casa Redux by Marcio Kogan Designed by Marcio Kogan and his Studio MK27 team the house is made of two equally sized concrete horizontal slabs One acts as the floor - elevated half a metre off the earth so that it gives the impression of lightly hovering above ground - and the other is the roof There are four programmatic elements sandwiched between these two slabs: the first comprises the bedrooms and a sauna and the fourth caters for the garage and service room strong architectural gesture - the structure's floating concrete slab 'sandwich' form - Kogan and his team have created a healthy dialogue between the house and its natural environment that makes for a perfect getaway from Brazil's bustling urban centres escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox By reimagining the roof as a livable infrastructure the project transforms the purely functional roof into an engaging and integral part of the urban fabric Related Article Urban Waterways Reborn: European Cities Leading the Change in River Restoration and Revitalization You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email produced a national shot put record of 21.77m to beat Brazilian favourite Darlan Romani the 35th Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo on Sunday (28) as the 2019 IAAF World Challenge and IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge got under way at the Estádio do Centro Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Atletismo in Bragança Paulista world ranked No.3 and winner of the 2018 Continental Cup but Enekwechi responded in round three with 21.77m – a PB by 49 centimetres to take the definitive lead Romani improved to 21.69m on his final throw but it wasn’t enough to deliver the victory USA’s Curtis Jensen was third with 20.40m Enekwechi’s winning mark added one centimetre to the Nigerian record set three years ago by Stephen Mozia It also moved Enekwechi up to second place on the African all-time list just 20 centimetres behind continental record-holder Janus Robberts Brazil’s two-time world finalist Augusto Dutra de Oliveira his best performance of the past four years The 28-year-old started his day with a second-attempt clearance at 5.45m and then got over 5.75m on his first try before having three fouls at 5.85m “I had jumped 5.71m a month ago in Argentina which indicated that things were going well,” said Dutra “Today I was very pleased with my improvement to 5.75m I feel the season is going very well and today I could have vaulted 5.85m I’m confident I’ll be able to achieve it later in the season.” Argentina’s Germán Chiaraviglio was second with a season’s best of 5.60m Olympic Champion Thiago Braz da Silva was only fourth with 5.45m but things are going well and I feel the season is going to bring good results,” said Braz Britain’s Commonwealth champion Nick Miller triumphed at the first stop of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge with 73.81m from his second attempt following it with two other throws beyond 73 metres Hungary’s European bronze medallist Bence Halász was first with her 65.39m effort from round five Brazil’s South American record-holder Andressa de Morais was second with a season’s best of 64.86m USA’s Jessica Ramsey and Daniella Hill finished 1-2 in the women’s shot put Trinidad & Tobago’s Cleopatra Borel One of South America’s most impressive young athletes made another big improvement to his own South American U20 record with his 48.84 victory in the men’s 400m hurdles the world U20 bronze medallist and world ranked No.38 entered the competition with a personal best of 49.48 He now sits at 13th on the world U20 all-time list Chilean Alfredo Sepúlveda was second with a season’s best of 49.63 while USA’s Quincy Downing was third with 49.71 won the women’s 400m hurdles with a season’s best of 55.53 ahead of USA’s 2015 world bronze medallist Cassandra Tate Colombia’s Central American and Caribbean Games champion Bernardo Baloyes obtained an impressive 200m victory with a season’s best of 20.08 (0.9m/s) The 25-year-old ran a strong bend and was able to hold off the attack of Brazil’s Gabriel Constantino while his compatriot Aldemir da Silva Junior was third with 20.38 The wind affected the sprint hurdles and the long jump Central American and Caribbean Games champion and world ranked No.19 took the victory in the 100m hurdles in 12.80 (2.8m/s) South American record-holder and world ranked No.9 Uruguay’s world and Olympic finalist Emiliano Lasa triumphed in the men’s long jump with a wind-assisted 8.21m (3.0m/s) backing it up with a wind-legal 8.07m (1.6m/s) Brazil’s Aleksandro Melo was second with 8.18m (2.5m/s) The 23 year-old triple jump specialist has shown great form in recent weeks improving his personal best to 17.22m and 17.31m ahead of compatriot Norah Jeruto Tanui (8:53.38) After a conservative race up to 1000m (3:04.26) and 2000m (6:04.22) Jepkemei unleashed a strong final kilometre to capture the victory These planes defined the maximum possible footprint of the house images © Fran Parente The architects at FGMF Arquitetos explored various configurations to accommodate social and service areas within Subtraction House This ‘occupation’ between the planes then informed the placement of strategic cut-outs all carefully planned within the original planes’ boundaries — hence the evocative name ‘Subtraction House.’ The resulting design is a dialogue between solid and void The accentuated horizontality is punctuated by strategically placed voids each meticulously positioned and associated with the staircases These voids serve multiple purposes: offering diverse views fostering visual connections between residents across different spaces and allowing native plant-life to grow throughout the built space FGMF Arquitetos uses cut-outs in concrete planes to shape space and light Built by FGMF Arquitetos with reinforced concrete molded on-site Subtraction House exudes a modernist and minimalist aesthetic Polished concrete floors and white-painted masonry further reinforce this theme creating a clean and sophisticated backdrop for the interplay of light and shadow The strategically positioned swimming pool atop the first roof slab serves as a visual counterpoint to the rigid geometry of the planes Its glistening surface reflects the sunlight adding a touch of serenity and dynamism to the overall composition FGMF firmly believes that landscape design is an integral part of architecture this philosophy is evident due to the integration of greenery throughout complementing both the interiors and the surrounding gardens merging the lines between the built and natural environments strategic voids connect residents and nature offering diverse views and fostering a sense of openness a small interior footprint contrasts with vast exterior areas emphasizing the connection to the surrounding landscape a top the roof slab the pool breaks the rigidity with its reflective surface polished concrete and white masonry create a clean backdrop for the interplay of light and shadow lush greenery is infused throughout the interiors blurring the 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several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page today’s story won’t be revolving around a team from Brazil that is in the “class of G-12” Today’s story revolves around a club that was founded in Braganca Paulista a small city on the outskirts of Sao Paulo With just 150,000 inhabitants you can see why the team was a minnow compared to the likes of Sau Paulo [the club] this all looks to be changing following 2019 when a powerful investor came into play People in Europe might well be familiar with said investor – Red Bull As the club entered a completely new era and became part of the Red Bull family here’s a look into the story of a small club that might be one to watch in the not-so-distant future an amateur football club in the city of Braganca split up due to various disagreements and a new club was created Clube Atletico Bragantino was officially announced with the official date being set as the 8th of January 1928 when the club’s board of directors was announced The Thomas Tuchel Discussion – Is He the Right Man for The Chelsea Project? it soon won the Raul Leme Cup over their cross-town rivals Braganca and quickly received their nickname – Massa Bruta [or Gross Mass] The side doesn’t have a lustrous history as other big clubs so their movement to a “professional” state took some time It was only in 1947 that the FPF created the Second Division of the Campeonato Paulista which was also deemed for professionals it took Bragantino two years to actually manage to participate in it even if they did only finish 4th not advancing to the next round of the Cup Results over the years were mixed with them advancing to the Second stage in 1952 and 53 but nothing too drastic to write home about the team managed to steady themselves in the leading positions of the second division with a host of successful campaigns They were first in their group in 1958 but lost the title to Comercial They were runners-up again a year later to Corinthians de Presidente Prudente Despite them playing well and trying their best a final win was never managed for quite a long period and it took them until 1965 for the inevitable to finally happen Braga won the first game 1-0 before an 86th-minute equalizer from striker Nivaldo in the second game saw them crowned champions and achieve the right to participate in 1966’s Campeonato Paulista although it was deemed quite an achievement it quickly faded away a year later with them finishing bottom and getting relegated back to the second division A bit of a dark period followed as Bragantino were eventually struck by numerous financial problems that threatened their existence They barely even played in the period in between 1970 until 1979 only participating in a couple of Paulista championships before succumbing to their financial woes and being relegated to the amateur third division Vasco: The Brazilian Giant Set for Another Season in the Second Tier It got so bad that one fixture was abandoned due to the team not showing up while another was filled up with amateur players from the city just so that it doesn’t suffer the same fate It was only in 1979 when they won the Third Division that they managed to return to professional football and stabilise themselves financially Up and down times ensued mainly in the second division without anything noteworthy although they did eventually build up a squad that oversaw a 5 year “Golden period” in their history In 1989 Bragantino achieved promotion to the Serie A as they beat Sao Jose in the final when people usually say a “Golden era” it’s garnished with trophies That doesn’t really paint the picture for Massa Bruta although it does include some of the best achievements of the side to date Manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo was at the helm with notable players such as Silvio Mauro Silva [World Cup winner in 1994] and right back Gil Baiano The side went on to finish 8th in the Serie A but that wasn’t the best thing to come out of that year A couple of months prior to the Serie A season the team had it’s best Paulistao to date advancing to the final of the first division where it edged out Novorizontino to seal it’s first and only Paulista title A year later Luxemburgo departed but the minnow from Braganca carried on being a surprise in the league Under the guidance of Carlos Alberto Parreira they kept most of their starters and finished second in the Brasileirao advancing to the final after stunning Fluminense at the Maricana in front of 70,000 people that was their best effort as they lost 1- 0 on aggregate to Sao Paulo A year later they once again were challenging for the league this time finishing third and qualifying for the CONMEBOL Cup their first appearance on the “international stage” Danilo: Palmeiras’ Rising Star in Midfield just as quickly as these glory years came about In 1995 the side were relegated to the Second Division of the Paulistao Although they did manage an incredible feat destroying Palmeiras’ historic “100 goal team” in the CONMEBOL Cup they were eventually eliminated by Independiente Santa Fe and it was another year to forget What ensued in the next years was a surprise to many the side were relegated to Serie B alongside Fluminense a match-fixing scandal shook Brazil and CBF opted to protect the big clubs without even ruling on the matter effectively blocking Flu from being relegated Bragantino ended up benefiting from this as well and remained in the division and did the same a year later this time via the tie playout v Bahia after finishing 22nd The inevitable occurred eventually and the side was relegated which carried on their struggles This was followed by another [this time quite long] period of ups and downs in the lower division of the Paulistao and eventually even getting relegated to Serie C It took them up until 2008 to return to Serie B and 2006 to the highest level of the Paulistao but that really wasn’t a huge feat as the club was only a “good performer” in said competitions What was deemed as success was participating in the Round of 16 in the Copa do Brasil and challenging in the Paulista but mainly being a presence rather than an actual threat Despite that the team had finally achieved some sort of stability They were a mainstay in the Serie B and a regular threat in the Copa do Brasil Even if Braga did languish in between the A1 and A2 of their regional Championship it was still a much brighter picture to the one from years prior A Cruzeiro Story You have to understand this is still very much an achievement for a small city on the outskirts of Sao Paulo For Massa Bruta fans such things had to be treated with a smile because yet again a couple of years later [2016 to be exact] they had been relegated to both the A2 of the Paulista and the Serie C They swiftly managed to return to the A1 a year later and the Serie B but even the biggest Bragantino fan couldn’t imagine what was about to happen and how the club’s future would change… Exactly at this point is where our story takes a little side turn In 2007 after successfully entering the USA and European markets with NY Red Bulls and Red Bull Salzburg respectfully the Energy Drink company opted to do the same with South America and more notably – Brazil Red Bull Brasil was born as the idea was to establish a powerhouse in both the state and national football just the way the other two clubs had become Despite being a fourth division side the club’s participation in the Paulistao and ability to pay good wages for it’s duration attracted good players and success[or at least some] quickly showed on the field They moved to the A2 [Second Division] of the Paulista in 2010 before moving up a ladder in 2014 and even eventually reaching the quarter-finals of the competition where they lost to Sao Paulo They were giving a good account of themselves in the Copa do Brasil troubling sides like America Mineiro even if they did eventually go out A Chance for a New Dawn – The Botafogo Story There was some promise but by 2019 the side still remained in the 4th tier of Brazilian football and just a bit-part player in the Paulistao RB owners were quick in reacting as they weren’t satisfied with the results of their investment and opted for a different plan Red Bull managed to agree a partnership with Club Atletico Bragantino who had just returned to Serie B and far from their best years everything changed for a suffering fanbase Red Bull pumped an enormous amount of money [for Brazilian football standards that is] into the Estadio Nabi Abi Chedid stadium as the turf was relaid dressing rooms received a makeover too along with air conditioning and new benches for the substitutes were placed It was deemed as the first stage of an infrastructural investment plan which was scheduled to cost around 8.5 million dollars The side’s financial ability and heavily analytical recruitment proved key as players such as Claudinho Ytalo and Leo Ortiz moved from RB Brasil to Bragantino and proved vital as the side’s Serie B campaign eventually became a formality Ytalo notched 13 appearances while Claudinho was voted Player of the Season with 11 assists as the side lifted the title at the end of 2019 seven points clear of second-placed Sport Recife The Fall of Bulgarian Football: A Sad Decline or Corrupted Farce? The Serie A campaign was more of the same really A comfortable 10th place finish saw the club return to the international stage too in the Sudamericana for the first time since 1996 Last year was even more impressive as they finished in 6th place guaranteeing their place in the biggest South American competition – the Copa Libertadores The side topped their Sudamericana group advancing all the way up to the final whilst eliminating clubs such as Independiente del Valle they lost the final to Paranaense but evident progress has been made It’s no surprise that the Red Bull model has been implemented so quickly even into a different landscape such as South America A very extensive and well shaped scouting system along with the company’s vast financial power are the keys to their success the only club to outspend Braga were Flamengo who are the richest club in Brazil And while it’s likely that the club is looking to develop players for their bigger European “brothers” who at this stage are also involved in Germany on top of the USA and Austria some of the deals that have been vital have to be noted and applauded Stars such as Artur and Bruno Paxedes were acquired from Palmeiras and Internacional respectively with the former netting 21 goals and 14 assists in last year alone Leo Candido was snapped up from Palmeiras too although he initially joined German outlet RB Leipzig but returned to Bragantino after not getting much chances He was most recently named in the Paulistao Ideal XI and is a stalemate at the left-back position for the club Another name to make the successful transition to Serie A has been Center-back Leo Ortiz who oversaw the promotion campaign and has been a key component in a well-oiled machine the side have exported some of the talent they’ve produced with the most notable one being Claudinho Claudinho – An Archetype of True Samba Flair Having notched 20 goals and 6 assists in his debut campaign in Serie A Euro in 2021 and has been lighting it up in Russia with ease A few Brazilian watchers were sad to see him go with an analyst even stating he’s the best Brazilian he’s ever seen in the league for a few years now which is quite the statement for a country with football so deeply rooted into its core the takeover of Red Bull wasn’t without its fair share of controversy and criticism With even the biggest South American clubs needing to sell players in order to keep their books in tact such private investment isn’t really welcome that much as it disrupts an already fluid “football pyramid” With the heritage and culture of football being as vastly treasured in the continent as they are such “franchises” aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms and it was no different for Bragantino either The usual was said: “Club had lost it’s true identity.” “Giving up the badge for a Red Bull branded one means Bragantino effectively do not exist” for the fans of a club that hasn’t seen much The Mayor of the city promised that the club stadium will be reworked with time and it’ll host a Libertadores game whilst supporters keep reaping the benefits of the players the club has attracted or produced fantastic infrastructure and some of the best scouting and analytics departments in Brazil Bragantino will keep on climbing the top of the country’s charts and although they’ve not started amazingly this 2022 campaign they still remain a force to be reckoned with in the Libertadores where their focus has been in the long one you best believe Red Bull Bragantino will be a household name in Brazilian football Featured Image: @GabFoligno / Miguel Schincariol / Getty Images Andressa de Morais improved her own South American discus record to 65.10m to produce the highlight of the 32nd Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo on Sunday (8) at the National Athletics Development Centre’s (CNDA) Stadium in Bragança Paulista The two-time Olympian and three-time South American champion had an impressive series in her four throws “I wanted to break the 65-metre barrier since 2015 and it finally happened.” The 27-year old who had been a 64-metre thrower since 2012 eclipsed her previous area record of 64.68m set at the 2017 South American Championships in Paraguay “I have had some important success such as my participation in the Diamond League (three events) and I look forward to the next stop in London,” she added Three days after setting a season’s best of 63.64m in Guadalajara Fernanda Raquel Martins settled for second in 62.15m while 2014 world U20 champion Izabela da Silva completed Brazil’s medal sweep with a personal best of 58.85m Brazil’s Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz da Silva looking for his first international win at home since the claiming the Olympic gold in 2016 but I am leaving the stadium happy as I did not feel pain in my injured foot,” said de Braz who is scheduled to compete next at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat on 13 July USA’s Cole Walsh dominated the event with a 5.60m clearance followed by Brazilian champion Augusto Dutra “This is my first time in Brazil and I loved the country,” said Walsh the weather and the wind helped us.” The other Olympic champion in action marked a successful return to Brazil since winning gold at the 2016 Games Tajikistan’s Dilshod Nazarov produced a best of 75.18m in the fourth and final round to secure victory in the men’s hammer finishing ahead of world finalists Serghei Marghiev (74.51m) of Moldova and Pavel Bareisha (73.28m) of Belarus “I love Brazil,” said the 36-year old who has competed in Brazil 13 times since his first appearance in 2009 but I hope to perform better next time.” USA’s Curtis Jensen spoiled a Brazilian celebration in the men’s shot put as he improved his personal best by almost half a metre (21.63m) in the final round to deny South American record-holder Darlan Romani a victory in front of his home crowd “This is my personal best and I am now in the top 10 (sixth) in the world,” said Jensen Darlani was also satisfied with his 21.48m effort in the opening round “It was a good result and I love competing here,” said Darlani who lives and trains in Bragança Paulista Other top results came in the men’s 400m where Olympic finalist Bralon Taplin of Grenada ran a season’s best of 44.67 The Brazilian fans were pleased with sprinting wins by Vitoria Cristina Rosa and Paulo André de Oliveira coming back from running a personal best of 11.03 in Spain on Thursday confirmed her excellent form with 11.14 win in the 100m 2016 world indoor champion Barbara Pierre and South American record-holder and 2017 world finalist Rosangela Santos followed her across the finish line with respective season’s bests of 11.18 and 11.23 Paulo Andre Oliveira held off Antigua and Barbuda’s Cejhae Greene to repeat his victory from 2017 closely followed by Greene (10.16) and fellow Brazilian and 2016 Olympic 4x100m relay finalist Jorge Vides (10.22) the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo had a strong international flavour with 121 athletes from 28 countries Other international winners were Cuba’s Liadagamis Povea (14.30m) in the triple jump and Yaniuvis Lopez (18.58m) in the shot put Saint Lucia’s Levern Spencer (1.92m) in the high jump and Cyprus’s Apostolos Parellis (62.94m) in the men’s discus Africa dominated as expected the 3000m steeplechase thanks to Ethiopia’s Birtukan Adamu (9:59.97) and Nicholas Bett (8:27.03) The United Sates celebrated two other wins in the men’s triple jump with Chris Carter (17.02m) and the women’s 100m hurdles with Ebony Morrison (13.41) is among the key changes to the IAAF World Challenge calendar for 2019 the host city of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships will stage an IAAF World Challenge meeting at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre on 21 May The Grande Premio Brasil de Atletismo in Bragança Paulista has moved from 18 May to 28 April to avoid clashing with the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai and the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Osaka It also means that the IAAF World Challenge will start in Brazil for the first time in the 10-year history of the circuit helping to establish a better rhythm and frequency in the calendar the Meeting Madrid will not be part of the IAAF World Challenge this year You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter In addition to its presence on the jerseys of the men's and women's teams at Red Bull Bragantino MrJack.Bet will have its brand displayed on the training uniforms and on the technical commissions of the men's and women's teams on signs at the training center and at the Nabi Abi Chedid Stadium The platform designed for Brazilians stands out for its service in Portuguese 24 hours a day Comunicação social - todos os direitos reservados brazilian practice studio mk27 has just completed one of their latest residences the ‘MM house’ in braganca paulista the dwelling consists of two perpendicular rectangular footprints on the east/west axis is a reinforced concrete shell resembling an extruded version ofthe iconographic house complete with a green roof that roots it discretely into the green hilly landscape this volume contains all the interior programorganized in a linear fashion with a sequence of spaces from the garage and entry to the master suite at the other extreme a screen of retractable slender wooden slats wraps the entire envelope along the exterior glass wall to soften direct sunlight with the ability to open entirely to the exterior all the privatebedrooms are situated along the eastern elevation facing down the valley with the housekeepers’ quarters and social spaces along the opposite side at the point where this solid mass intersects with the perpendicular wooden deck the program becomes neither indoor nor outdoor,with a barbeque bar and lounge area under the pitched roof but entirely open to the elements the public living room and tv room flanking this space containlarge glass doors that visually the timber terrace extends out towards the lower area of the site ending in a swimming pool hoisted upon a concrete plinth that reflects the picturesque environment wood screens connect the interior and exteriorimage © fernando guerra house reflected in the swimming poolimage © fernando guerra barbeque and lounge area under concrete roofimage © fernando guerra large door connects the interior living room with exterior loungeimage © fernando guerra view towards the lounge and garage/saunaimage © fernando guerra kitchen counter and feathered friend with diffuse light from the timber screenimage © fernando guerra semi-indoor/outdoor spacesimage © fernando guerra exterior overhanging lightsimage © fernando guerra project: mm houselocation: bragança paulista 2012 site area: 4500 sqmbuilt area: 715 sqm architecture: studio mk27architect: marcio kogan co-architect: maria cristina mottainterior design: diana radomysler collaborator: luis eduardo loiola suzana glogowskilandscape designer: renata tilli structural engineer: benedicts engenharia – eng eduardo duprat construction manager: sc consult sérgio costacontractor: cpa engenharia World Metereological Organisation’s analysis narrowly places 2014 as the hottest recorded since 1850 Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000 according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation as rising carbon emissions continue to trap heat and drive climate change The WMO’s new analysis narrowly places 2014 as the hottest recorded since 1850, as have recent analyses from other organisations. The WMO analysis is particularly authoritative as it brings together a number of leading temperature records, as well as alternative ways of estimating the warmth of the globe. The average global air temperatures over land and sea in 2014 were 0.57C above the average of 14.00C for the 1961-1990 reference period. The record temperature was above those in 2005 and 2010, the next hottest years, but only by a small amount which was within the margin of uncertainty in the calculations. “The overall warming trend is more important than the ranking of an individual year,” said WMO secretary-general Michel Jarraud. “2014 was nominally the warmest on record, although there is very little difference between the three hottest years.” “We expect global warming to continue, given that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the increasing heat content of the oceans are committing us to a warmer future,” he said. “In 2014, record-breaking heat combined with torrential rainfall and floods in many countries and drought in some others – consistent with the expectations of a changing climate.” Global sea-surface temperatures reached record levels in 2014, which is significant because 93% of the heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and other human activities ends up in the oceans. Read moreThe WMO said it was notable that 2014’s record temperatures occurred without a fully-developed El Niño event These occur when warmer than average seas in the eastern tropical Pacific combine, in a feedback loop, with weather systems to drive up temperatures. The high temperatures in 1998, the hottest year of the 20th century, occurred during a strong El-Niño. On land, England saw its hottest year in three and a half centuries, according to the Central England Temperature data set The confirmation of 2014’s extreme heat comes ahead of the next round of preparatory UN climate change negotiations in Geneva These are intended to pave towards a global agreement to tackle climate change the deadline for which is a summit in Paris in December Text description provided by the architects. The MM House organization is set by the intersection of two perpendicular axes on a single ground floor. Along one axis is the horizontal volumetry of the house, with its green roof that lifts the grass of the land and merges with the surrounding construction. Along the other axis, there is emptiness: a wooden deck and pool. SectionThe climate issue is key for the habitability of the house All spaces are provided with ventilation through wooden folding doors besides creating the peculiarity of the volume and dusk had fallen on a late spring day in Braganca Paulista the burning sun had given way to a tropical deluge in the late afternoon Rainwater gushed down the potholed streets outside the angular idiosyncratic main stand of Estadio Nabi Abi Chedid people still milled around on streets that bubbled with the warm glow of returning glories Inside the Nabi Abi Chedid an hour or so prior those people had watched on as the captain of their team thrust the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B trophy into the air cutting through the rain that teemed from the heavens a city of 170,000 people an hour’s drive from São Paulo was set to have its team in Brazil’s top flight for the first time since 1998 Except it wouldn’t be Clube Atletico Bragantino playing in the 2020 Serie A I waved to a taxi driver as he squinted to spot me through the rain he told me that he’d never been an avid Bragantino supporter working in the ticket office like she always had He was happy for her and the club and the other fans but people need something to adore,” he said The [construction] jobs are only temporary it will help restaurant owners and taxi drivers Being in Serie A will also bring people to watch the games.” the cabbie said: “They’re going to build a new arena.” But who were they An exciting Saturday afternoon out might involve strolling around the lake in town observing the capybaras The main gate to Clube Atletico Bragantino’s Estadio Nabi Abi Chedid guarded by the club’s traditional lion symbol They were the Austrian energy drink megalith Red Bull propelled Bragatino back into the top flight it would not be Clube Atletico Bragantino in Serie A in 2020 Like most things Red Bull has done in sport the club was controlled by the Chedid family who made their money in buses and then took control of local politics Nabi Abi Chedid was club president for 40 years until the 1990s state deputy for the region of Braganca Paulista from 1962 until 2002 president of the Sao Paulo football federation from 1979 until 1982 and vice-president of the Brazilian Football Confederation from 1986 until 1989 is currently serving a fifth term as mayor of Braganca With the family’s money and Vanderlei Luxemburgo in the dugout Bragantino won the Sao Paulo state championship in 1990 before finishing as runners up in the national top flight in 1991 under Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning manager Carlos Alberto Parreira As the sums required to keep a football club on top increased Bragantino had secured their place in Serie B for a second successive season For a multi-club football group seemingly intent on world domination And Red Bull has had a presence in the country since 2007 40 miles from Braganca – mostly drifted The academy produced players – most notably Bernardo who went on to play in both Salzburg and Leipzig before being sold to Brighton – but only sporadically And the first team seemed not to follow a clear strategy struggling to get beyond the state league system and into the national divisions The Brazilian league ladder at a national level is exceptionally hard to climb and as much luck as judgement is needed to get beyond Serie D Just four of 68 teams are promoted after a group stage and five knockout rounds Yet by 2019 they had assembled a strong team at Red Bull Brasil one capable of putting together a serious challenge in the top tier of the Sao Paulo state league against giants like Corinthians players would be lost and Red Bull’s investment wasted come the end of the state campaign which occupies the first third of each season Red Bull agreed a “partnership” with Bragantino president Marco Antonio Chedid Fans during a match between Bragantino and Sao Paulo at the Estadio Nabi Abi Chedid in Serie A badge and name would remain unchanged for the meantime But the entire Red Bull Brasil playing squad was immediately transferred to Bragantino New directors and other staff were parachuted in by Red Bull’s global hierarchy A press conference was called to announce the “partnership” and Marquinho was asked why he had ceded control “We took this decision to eternalise Bragantino,” he replied While Marquinho may not have kept Clube Atletico Bragantino alive in the manner his father desired he has undoubtedly kept top-level football alive in Braganca Red Bull Bragantino got off to a slow start Zago left to take over at Japanese club Kashima Antlers and replacement Felipe Conceicao struggled Conceicao was sacked and the arrival of 40-year-old former Flamengo manager Mauricio Barbieri in early September turned Bragatino’s fortunes they sat 10th and had secured qualification for the second-tier continental tournament With more new signings – all brought in following Red Bull’s strict buy-young-and-develop model – this season has been spectacular They led the way early on and have not dropped out of the top six since It is in the Copa Sudamericana where real success has come they will play fellow Serie A club Athletico Paranaense in the final at the Estadio Nacional in Montevideo looking to win Bragantino’s first international silverware and the first major title since Red Bull seized control But what does Red Bull’s arrival mean for the city of Braganca the people who have long followed the club and Brazilian football as a whole Is this the overwhelmingly positive development that the club and the taxi driver at the beginning of this tale would have you believe Ytalo scores Red Bull Bragantino’s first goal against Libertad in the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg at the Estadio Nab Abi Chedid Anyone who has not been hiding away under a large rock for the past 15 years will have heard something of Red Bull’s sporting project and to put the Bragantino project into context After first sponsoring extreme sports in the 1990s and moving into motorsports in the first years of the new millennium the energy drink giant first acquired a football club in 2005 in the homeland of the man behind the brand Red Bull’s billionaire founder Dietrich Mateschitz They had won three Austrian Bundesliga titles in the 1990s and in 1994 reached the UEFA Cup final Stefan Schubert grew up a fan of the Violet-Whites was in financial disarray.” Red Bull grasped the opportunity buying holding company Salzburg Sport AG and wresting power away from club members The idea of a business sponsoring and even exerting significant control over the club was not alien to Austria Salzburg fans the team had been officially renamed SV Casino Salzburg after an Austrian financial services company that invested in the club Some were initially positive about the wealthy new investor As Schubert says: “The deal about Red Bull is they’re not a partner Red Bull announced that the club’s name would now be Red Bull Salzburg the badge would be replaced by with pair of wings and the club’s colours would change from violet and white to the company’s preferred red and white Fans objected and attempted to negotiate with the new owners “They let the people who were not fully on board know that they wouldn’t need them.” Schubert and other hardcore Austria Salzburg fans broke away forming a phoenix club with the original name and colours that now plays in the third-tier Regionalliga Red Bull marched on with scant regard for dissenters These were the heady days before Financial Fair Play and cash was splurged and in 2006 Giovanni Trapattoni and Lothar Matthaus were brought in as head coach and assistant Red Bull Salzburg coaches Giovanni Trapattoni and Lotthar Matthaus after winning the Austrian Bundesliga title it was all a bit haphazard: “They had no idea about football They actually asked if they could extend the halftime to 25 minutes so it would fit their show schedule better.”  soon plunging his sticky digits into other footballing pies Red Bull purchased MLS franchise New York MetroStars in 2006 and set up the now-defunct Red Bull Ghana in 2008 they purchased the playing licence of German fourth-tier club SSV Markranstadt It seems they had learnt something front the Salzburg debacle but they were careful not to disown the MetroStars’ history took over a lower-league club with no established fanbase in a region with no other traditional big clubs RB Leipzig shot up through the divisions and Red Bull Salzburg won the Austrian Bundesliga thrice more Yet they were still doing things without a great deal of purpose or strategy That was until 2012 when Mateschitz met Ralf Rangnick – the godfather of Gegenpressing the man who had taken Hoffenheim from the bottom to the top of German football and sent swashbuckling Schalke into the last four of the Champions League Mateschitz asked for Ranginck’s advice on his football project and Rangick told Mateschitz that he would “change almost everything.”   one which would cast aside big names and replace them with young Erling Braut Håland is a SERIOUS talent 🔥 He scored a first-half hat-trick on his Champions League debut 🤩 Already his fourth hat-trick of the season and he's only 19 😳 pic.twitter.com/WqC9mX14ss — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 17, 2019 which is never boring,” Rangnick told the Financial Times in 2020 is a “perfect fit to the [Red Bull] brand.”  Mateschitz was sold. After all, Red Bull’s investment in sport – be it freerunning, Formula 1 or football – is, in essence, a hugely elaborate, very expensive but also wildly successful brand-building exercise Rangnick was brought in as the director of football of both RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg and gave Red Bull’s football project wings the haphazard early success was replaced by ruthless domination They have won the title every year since 2014 and have played in the Champions League group stage in each of the last three seasons Leipzig reached the Bundesliga in 2016 and went as far as the Champions League semi-finals in 2020 All has been achieved while playing football true to Rangnick’s high-octane vision and acting as a springboard for young players Ibrahima Konate and Erling Braut Haaland have all been brought in at low cost and sold for substantial fees “We created market values of players of more than a billion euros,” Rangnick told the FT Mateschitz’s political views have also drawn opprobrium even from sections of the RB Leipzig support he criticised the Austrian and German governments for allowing refugees to enter the countries at the peak of the Syrian crisis in 2015 and employed Trumpian rhetorical refrains criticising political correctness and “so-called international elites” Red Bull also owns the Austrian television channel ServusTV which has given a platform to some of the most notorious voices of the German extreme-right In protest against RB Leipzig’s ownership model, Union Berlin fans staged a ‘funeral march’ on the way to #RBLFCU earlier today DW’s @MaxMerrill_ was on the scene. pic.twitter.com/E1eUDhkL4t — DW Sports (@dw_sports) January 18, 2020 was enough to derail their success – in Europe which comprised a professional team and youth academy the youth academy element merging with a pre-existing Feyenoord-backed project the Red Bulls have won the Supporters’ Shield – awarded to the team with the most points at the end of MLS’s regular season – three times Yet they have never won the more prestigious MLS Cup they were left to act without adhering to the Rangnick methodology Juninho Pernambucano and Tim Cahill were signed to add glamour and experience They have been brought in line with the European operation and have contributed to it acting as a stepping stone for current RB Leipzig coach and former Red Bull Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch to move to Europe and sending academy product Tyler Adams to Leipzig is the final important piece of the jigsaw And Red Bull have recently been working hard to put that piece in its place shifting the focus from Red Bull Brasil’s original base in Campinas to their new one in Braganca who reports on Red Bull Bragantino for the Correio de Atibaia the original project was always destined to fail especially a club that was created from nothing by a foreign company.”  Their new home had to be within the state of Sao Paulo The state is Brazil’s economic engine room accounting for 31.8% of national GDP in 2019 and has the best transport links and infrastructure But the capital was too full – home to Corinthians “Most Brazilian clubs are non-profit associations,” Seixas explains “They’re sports clubs with presidents who are voted in But Bragantino had the Chedid family that was in control so it was easy to buy Bragantino and they were in Serie B.” For Red Bull’s Brazilian Head of Football Operation Thiago Scuro and his team Red Bull Brasil still exists as an academy and feeder team but Bragantino has become the centre of the operation Red Bull Bragantino’s Head of Football Operation Thiago Scuro at a press conference The lessons Red Bull had learned from previous incarnations were applied to a greater degree this time Clube Atletico Bragantino remained Clube Atletico Bragantino The traditional white shirt and black shorts remained The only major difference was the stamping of that famous logo across the shirt and all around the Nabizao – oh and the addition of the energy drink to the sausage-heavy menu of the cafe under the main stand Their first objective was to make the team as competitive as possible. “We had to invest in players, technical staff, technology and equipment to improve the football operation,” Scuro told Red Bull‘s official media channel Zago’s team took the lead after the seventh game of the Serie B season and did not relinquish it Renan Lima is a member of the Guerreiros do Leao (Warriors of the Lion) a group of dedicated fans – a torcida organizada in Brazilian parlance – who have supported Bragantino through thick and thin Lima had seen his team struggle for most of his life “We supported for the love of it because if we were looking for results “The stadium would only fill up only when we played Corinthians There were midweek night games where there were 80 to 100 fans in the stadium.” He was worried when he first heard of Red Bull’s involvement believing that they may rip the club from its home and his And though things quickly changed – the Guerreiros can no longer rock up at the training ground and demand to speak to the management for example – his fear turned to acceptance even after the badge and name changed in 2020 and red shorts were added to the wardrobe “There are [still fans who don’t like Red Bull],” he continues “I would love Bragantino to have had the ascent they’ve had using the lion as the symbol But we have to be realistic and understand that it’s not possible Lima believes 90% of Bragantino fans share his viewpoint Journalist Seixas adds that pre-and-post pandemic-related restrictions there has also been very little backlash towards Bragantino from fans of other clubs All of which begs the question: why are things so different from Austria and Germany As well as the more delicate approach Red Bull have taken to performing Bragantino’s identity transplant most Brazilian clubs are non-profit associations with members who vote for a president But the model is not sacrosanct like 50+1 in Germany it is increasingly seen as an unwanted relic of a bygone era Clube Atletico Bragantino fans pack the Estadio Nabi Abi Chedid on the final day of the 2019 Serie B season Once a dominant force in Brazilian football they will spend a third consecutive season in Serie B in 2022 their total debt was 897million Brazilian Reals a financial hole as deep as the Mariana Trench the idea of the clube-empresa – a club run as a private enterprise like Red Bull Bragantino – is sometimes presented as a silver bullet Whether it truly is or not is almost beside the point The belief that there might be a magic cure is enough for fans to pin their hopes on the idea and with the success of Bragantino Head of Football Operation Scuro also exudes the air of a man who believes himself to be the saviour of Brazilian football He proclaims his belief in the clube-empresa model in interviews publicly analyses the financial decisions of other clubs and has talked about how he and Red Bull are “creating a new culture” and “rescuing the credibility of Brazilian football” thanks to the input of Red Bull’s cash and highly professional international operation Like any club that becomes part of a larger group Bragantino suddenly had access to advanced statistics They have brought in dozens of players already mostly youngsters who weren’t getting a chance at Brazil’s traditional big clubs The young men are enticed by the facilities on offer the promise of playing time and the idea that they will be in the shop window for European sides “This is part of our strategy as a club and as a group,” Scuro told the in-house media channel “We want Red Bull Bragantino to become a talent centre for South America.” They have already created one success story following Red Bull’s buy-develop-and-sell model was brought in and was the standout player in Serie B in 2019 he won the golden ball as Serie A’s best player and in 2021 was sold to Zenit St Petersburg for €15million things have gone from strength to strength for Mauricio Barbieri’s team too “They’re the team that wins most balls in the attacking third they have progressed to Saturday’s Copa Sudamericana final beating traditional big clubs along the way Rosario Central were dispatched 5-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and Libertad of Paraguay were beaten 5-1 in the semi A winger with quick feet and a powerful shot brought in from Palmeiras for around €5million he is now being linked to Barcelona in the Spanish press Artur | Bragantino 1×1 Flamengo pic.twitter.com/f0e11EiGLR — Futebolizei (@FutebolizeiNews) October 7, 2021 “have a wage cap of 280,000 [Brazilian Reals per month] which is low compared to other big clubs in Serie A Bragantino do have big bonuses for wins and achievements nor on infrastructure or the takeover itself Brazilian clubs are legally obliged to publish a yearly balance sheet detailing their spending Red Bull have found a loophole that allows them to provide an extremely superficial overview Football finance expert Rodrigo Capelo wrote on Globo Esporte in 2021: “In the Brazilian first division they are the only club to adopt such a practice in relation to transparency.” you rarely saw people walking around with the shirt on,” Lima says “Now you’ll see five or six people a day with the club’s shirt they’ve promoted [a programme to] care for the forests in the region they put on events… Red Bull has managed to bring the team closer to the city.”  Should they beat Athletico Paranaense on Saturday And it surely will not be long until Bragantino lift a Brazilian league or cup title But is accumulating silverware the ultimate goal for the suits back in Europe Rangnick’s words from 2019 suggest not “It is important for RB [Leipzig],” he said “to ensure in the next few years that more players are developing in locations like New York or Brazil Lima says that obvious hierarchical relationship and buy-to-sell ethos makes him uncomfortable We know that Bragantino is now an important team in Brazil but it 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