28/04/2026
Nothing says I’m in Brazil like cobogó, this perforated screen at the domestic boarding area of GRU’s Terminal 2 ✨
The name comes from Pernambuco, in the 1920s, when three friends, Coimbra, Boeckmann and Góes, combined the first syllables of their surnames to name their invention. Born as a fired ceramic block, designed to let air and light in without fully opening a building to the heat. Inspired by the mashrabiya, an element of Islamic architecture, adapted to the tropical climate. It became a cornerstone of Brazilian modernism, appearing in works by Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and Lina Bo Bardi. And contemporary architects like Marcio Kogan and Arthur Casas never let it go either.
But the ones here at GRU are something else. Over 5,000 pieces, each made by hand, one by one, by - with a shape reminiscent of wings and Niemeyer’s curves. What a beauty 🤍
It filters light. It breathes. And it carries a hundred years of Brazilian history in every line ✨
