[1] Currently managed by the São Paulo Municipal Theater Foundation, Praça das Artes is one of the largest cultural complexes in Latin America with an area of 28,500 m2 (307,000 sq ft).

[5][4] All the artistic groups linked to the Municipal Theater struggled with the lack of space backstage and in the rehearsal rooms, as the building was not designed with enough infrastructure to accommodate all the companies that were created over the course of its history.

Started in 2006, the project intended to set up music and dance teaching rooms, auditoriums and spacious facilities to house professionals, in order to accommodate around 2,000 people, including artists, students, teachers, technicians and administrators.

[4][5][6] Designed by architects Marcos Cartum, Marcelo Ferraz and Francisco Fanucci, the cultural complex established itself as an urban redevelopment intervention in the central area of São Paulo.

Similarly, the São Paulo Municipal Music School left its old premises on Vergueiro Street to occupy the second and third floors of the Praça das Artes.

[2][10] The Praça das Artes project aimed to solve the problem of lack of space in the backstage and rehearsal rooms of the São Paulo Municipal Theater.