Ibirapuera park is a nice surprise when you visit Sao Paulo. Here you can find fantastic architecture and black swans. Making it a destination of it self.
I love to walk when I travel and concrete cities makes my body scream after a good park. And even if my hotel was not super close to the park, it was in walking distance. So a sunny Sunday morning I decided to look on the black swans and architecture of Oscar Niemeyer.
The Ibirapuera park was drawn up by landscape architecture Roberto Burle marx and was inaugurated 1954 as a part of Sao Paulos 400 anniversary. But even with an age of almost 70 years it’s still a very popular park. When I arrived around 8 AM a Sunday morning it was already crowded. Bur I knew what I wanted to see and found quickly my way to the black swans.
Is the black swans in Ibirapuera unique?
For al of us who have study scientific method have heard about Karl Poppers theory about falsifiability. In this he use black swans as example when he says All swans are white” is falsifiable, and would be falsifiable even if there were no black swan to actually falsify it, as it is clear what would be needed to disprove that statement”So with that in my mind,Iwas blown away when I actually did see black swans.
I was stunned, amazed and so happy to see the black swans in Ibirapuera park. It’s maybe nerdy. But the black swans have such an impact about how we look on science that it’s hard to underrate them. On the top of that, the black swans are actually really cool birds. They alone makes it worth to visit Ibirapuera park.
Architecture by Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyers architecture is the second great reason to visit Ibirapuera park. Oscar is maybe most known for being the architecture of Brasilia, Brazils capital. But Brasilia is not known for being a tourist attraction. So I prefer to see his work in the Ibirapuera park. Oscar once wrote
I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman. Curves make up the entire Universe, the curved Universe of Einstein
Even me, who have my degree in social science understands the meanings of Oscars word when I see his work. The buildings are really aesthetic and harmonic. When I walk around then, I actually feel harmony and joy. Oscars Niemeyer work is just like the black swans a great visit to visit the Ibirapuera park.
What more to see in Ibirapuera park?
Well there is a lot to see. The park is huge and I recommend you to rent a bike. There is a skating ramp, several cafe’s, some smaller part of forest and great open green fields where the locals plays football, plays frisbee or taking a sun bath. So just get out there and enjoy Ibirapuera park. Ita an amazing place.
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