Building of the Antarctica Paulista Company, Industrial heritage site in Ipiranga District, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Building of the Antarctica Paulista Company is an architectural complex in Mooca, inaugurated on 20 October 1892 as the Bavária brewery of Henrique Stupakoff & Cia, at Rua da Mooca, 282, perpendicular to the future Alameda Bavária, today Avenida Presidente Wilson. Its rear faced the Estrada de Ferro Ingleza, and some 79 fermentation vats fed 240,000 litres of malted barley through hundreds of metres of piping, with water drawn from a 100-metre-deep well.
The Bavaria brewery opened on 20 October 1892 at Rua da Mooca, 282, founded by Heinrich Stupakoff, with 79 fermentation vats producing 13,000 litres of beer daily. Antarctica, founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1891, took control of Bavaria and bought it outright in 1904. In 1920 the group moved its headquarters to Mooca, at Avenida Presidente Wilson, 274.
The first Antarctica logo showed two bears on an ice field, until it was realised the animal does not live at the South Pole; penguins replaced them. The site also hosted the Parque da Antarctica Paulista, opened in 1902 with 300,000 square metres of gardens, lakes, picnic areas and sports courts, which became the city's main leisure area.
The complex stands on Rua da Mooca, 282, with its rear facing the old Estrada de Ferro Inglesa line, and offices were later set at Avenida Presidente Wilson, 274. The buildings have been out of use since 1995, so the halls are seen from outside; the Conpresp listing of 2016 covers the whole architectural ensemble.
The first Antarctica logo showed two bears on an ice field, until it was realized the animal does not live at the South Pole; penguins replaced them. The Bavária brewery drew its water from a 100-metre-deep well and produced 13,000 litres of beer daily using 79 fermentation vats.
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