Léo Shehtman transforms train carriage into loft at CASACOR SP 2016

Léo Shehtman 's space at CASA COR São Paulo 2016 will be unusual and surprising. The architect's office managed to transport a train carriage to the Jockey, which will be transformed into a loft!

The vehicle was donated by the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) to the Sorocabana Railway Preservation Movement Association (MPF – Sorocaba). It was used as a baggage car until the 1980s and was one of the first to be built with 100% national technology. Today, it is covered in graffiti and very rusty. According to the president of the MPF – Sorocaba association, Paulo Sérgio Vieira Filho, the train also does not have a braking system and was next to cars that were set on fire. To transport the train, which was at the Mairinque Railway Yard, to São Paulo, it was necessary to lift the vehicle, which is 15 meters long, with the help of a crane onto a 25-meter-long trailer. The operation took about 3 hours to complete. After the decoration show, the vehicle will be exhibited at Paula Souza Station, in the Center of Sorocaba as part of the dynamic railway museum.