ID: 700090458 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700090458	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Torre do Relógio (monumental clock; Rino Levi; sculptor: Elisabeth Nobiling; designed: 1950s; constructed: ...; São Paulo (São Paulo, Brasil, South America, World, To...; )

Note: Designed by Rino Levi in the 1950s, the Clock Tower of the University of São Paulo was built in 1973. The monument consists of two slabs measuring 50 meters in height and 10 meters in width, separated by a service staircase, as well as two mechanical clocks—one facing the university’s rectorate and the other oriented toward the main access avenue to the campus. The structure also features sculptures by Elisabeth Nobiling, in which twelve panels symbolize the principal fields of study of the university.

Titles:

Torre do Relógio (preferred,C,U,Portuguese-P,U,U)

Clock Tower (C,U,English,U,U)

Torre Universitária (C,U,Portuguese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

monumental clock [300395515] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Measuring Devices (hierarchy name), measuring devices (instruments), <measuring devices for extent>, timepieces, <timepieces by form>, clocks, <clocks by form>)

clock tower (tower) [300004857]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>, towers (single built works))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

sculptures

Creation Date: designed: 1950s; constructed: 1973

Creator Display:

Rino Levi; sculptor: Elisabeth Nobiling [preferred,ARQUI]

architect Rino Levi Arquitetos Associados (Brazilian architectural firm, contemporary) [500249965]

sculptor Nobiling, Elisabeth (Brazilian sculptor, 1902-1975) [500356493]

Locations:

Current: São Paulo [7017121] São Paulo (state), Brazil (nation), South America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: concrete

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Brazilian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Modernist [300021474] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

machines and equipment (isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

Additional Notes:

Portuguese ..... Projetada por Rino Levi na década de 1950, a Torre do Relógio da Universidade de São Paulo foi erguida em 1973. O monumento é constituído por duas placas com 50 metros de altura e 10 metros de largura, separadas entre si pela escada de serviço, além de dois relógios mecânicos: um voltado para a reitoria e o outro para a avenida de acesso à universidade. A construção também apresenta esculturas de Elisabeth Nobiling, nas quais doze painéis simbolizam as principais áreas de estudo da universidade.

Sources and Contributors:
Torre do Relógio	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2844
Clock Tower	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2844
Torre Universitária	........ [ARQUI,VP]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)

Subject: ....... [VP,ARQUI]

....................... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2844

Note:
English	..... [ARQUI,VP]
	..... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
	..... Torre do Relógio, in USP Arquivo (n.d.)
	..... Herbst, Em toda parte, Torre do Relógio (2023)
Portuguese	..... [VP,ARQUI]
	..... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
	..... Torre do Relógio, in USP Arquivo (n.d.)
	..... Herbst, Em toda parte, Torre do Relógio (2023)