Porto.Projects. Serralves Museum. Porto Football Club Pavilion Porto, Portugal Risco Architects football stadium, sport.

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1 Porto Projects 14 Created 13-Mar-12 By Dario Marino, Pavia, Italy Porto Football Club Pavilion Porto, Risco Architects football stadium, sport Housing Block Burgo Tower Architecture Faculty Casa de Serralves Transparent Building 9 Casa das Artes 10 Casa da Musica 11 Porto, OMA - Rem Koolhaas music theatre 5 Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora 12 Porto, atelier 6 Trindade Subway Station 13 Porto, subway station 7 Porto, commercial space, housing 4 Porto, José Marques da Silva gallery, museum, pavilion Bouça Housing Complex Serralves Museum Porto, auditorium, cinema, exposition space Porto, university 3 Porto, commercial space, office Porto, auditorium, library, museum Porto, housing 2 Piscina das Marés 14 Matosinhos, bar, promenade, swimming pool 8 Porto, Manuel de Solà-Morales leisure, park, shopping centre Boa Nova Tea House 15 Matosinhos, pavilion 1

2 photo: Fernando Guerra photo: Fernando Guerra Porto Football Club Pavilion Via Futebol Clube do Porto 4350 Porto The site, which is irregular in shape, is actually the left-over of a network of road infrastructures The construction of the pavilion is particularly important in urban terms, because it closes the eastern edge of the Antas Detailed Development Plan Its location next to the Dragon Stadium, the Metro Station, and the superb views from the square around the stadium are all essential elements of the design With seating for 2,000 people, the pavilion is intended to house the rest of the Club's sports photo: Fernando Guerra Architect, Urban planner Risco Architects Porto Football Club thecommunicationoffice 2

3 Housing Block Rua do Teatro Porto This housing block situated on the western part of Porto, in front of the Atlantic ocean is a conceptual reinvention of the traditional urban houses of the XVIII century Instead of a stone structure, here the structure is in steel but is completely visible and separated from the other elements But at the same time there are traditional materials that were used on the façades, transposing the modern architecture into a more site related project Project is not public! 1995 Architect, Interior architect, Urban planner On the western part of Porto called "Foz" it's easy to reach From the avenue "Avenida do Brasil" that follows the coast line 3

4 Burgo Tower Avenida da Boavista Porto This office complex is located in the Avenida da Boavista, the biggest straight line avenue in that extends from "Casa da Música" till the Sea in West This complex opens a large square between the two buildings, one horizontal and the other vertical The square is occupied by a big sculpture by the Porto architect/sculptor Nadir de Afonso The buildings were drawn with very simple shapes, following the influences of Mies and the Chicago buildings The main interest about the building is its façade Its skin is composed out of a single module that wraps all the volumes That module was studied so it could fit on 2 different ways creating a glass façade and an opaque façade Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Architect, Interior architect, Urban planner Infrastructure consultant AFA Associados Douro Atlântico photo: Filipe Brandão In "Avenida da Boavista", from "Casa da Música" it's a 10 minute walk 4

5 photo: Carlos Gonzalez photo: Mirko Garufi Architecture Faculty Rua do Gólgota Porto The School of Architecture of Porto articulates along the limits of an ancient farm right next to the Douro river, creating a wide central space, like an interior square, surrounded by the built volumes This intervention reveals a lot of sensibility with the surroundings, in communication with the river and the sea Stairs and ramps distribute the various accesses to the different levels and functional zones The apparent fragmentation of the build volumes, visible on the project drawings, recovers its continuity in the circulation at the inferior level photo: Victor Popovici Architect Universidade do Porto Taking a bus from the city centre or by the subway till "Casa da Música" and a 10 minute walk Close to Campo Alegre/Rotunda da Boavista At wwwcm-portopt/ you can find a map of Porto Click on 'Mapa da Cidade do Porto' 5

6 Casa de Serralves Rua de Serralves 4050 Porto Old property of Count of Vizela, the gardens of Serralves are an amazing example of the French style gardens together with the romantic influenced gardens and more recently with the Museum of Contemporary Art beautifully designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira The House of Serralves was the main house of this whole property and began its construction in 1925 to be finished only in 1944 Designed by the Porto based architect José Marques da Silva, author of numerous beautiful beaux-arts buildings in Porto (Central Station, Aliados Avenue, ) This House is a great example of the Art-Déco style of the early 20th century in Europe Designed with a great simplicity and minimalism, the interiors have an enormous attention to the details and the natural light 1944 Architect, Artist José Marques da Silva Conde de Vizela It depends of the schedule of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves Mondays is closed The way to get access to the house is by entering the Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves (by Siza Vieira) and to buy the ticket to the museum exhibition and the gardens The house is located at the gardens 6

7 Bouça Housing Complex Rua Melo II Porto This project, from 1973, was integrated in the program SAAL in Porto to create social housing for poor people And even though it was made through highly controlled costs, Siza Vieira managed to create a housing complex that is worth studying and visiting In 1977 there where only two blocks completed Nowadays, in 2004, all the blocks were concluded and a new life was given to this complex Instead of having only poor people living here, the low prices and high quality living attracted artists, architects and young couples to settle in With four levels, each block present an articulation in terms of passages that connect the whole complex Together with the housing units there is also commercial spaces and green open spaces 2004 Architect, Urban planner SAAL Only the public spaces are public, it's a housing complex Take the subway in Porto till the station "Lapa" it's right there! 7

8 Transparent Building Esplanada do Rio de Janeiro Porto Being part of an urban plan to redesign the westend seafront of the city park, this building serves a shopping centre and leisure centre in combination with seaside activities The entire building is constructed in white concrete and the façade is made out of pre-fabricated white concrete slabs The interior offers some interesting spaces that overview the atlantic ocean, creating a lot of shades and light effects on the afternoon 2002 Architect, Urban planner Manuel de Solà-Morales Polis-Porto Right at the end of "Avenida da Boavista" on the seafront at the westend of the city park By bus it's the stop "Castelo do Queijo" 8

9 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Serralves Museum Rua DJoão de Castro Porto A roughly north-south longitudinal axis serves as the framework for the project Two asymmetrical wings branch off to the south from the main body of the museum, creating a courtyard between them, while another courtyard is formed at the northern end between the L-shaped volume of the auditorium and the public entrance atrium The volume of the main building is divided between exhibition spaces, offices and storage, an art library and a restaurant with adjoining terrace The auditorium and bookstore have independent entrances and may be used when the museum itself is closed The exhibition area is composed of several rooms, connected by a large U-shaped gallery - it occupies most of the entrance level, extending to the lower floor in one of the wings The large doors that separate the different exhibition spaces and partition walls can be used to create different routes or organize separate exhibitions simultaneously Floor area/size m² Architect Fundação Serralves JMMM photo: João Morgado Winter: MUSEUM VILLA PARK Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm Summer: MUSEUM Tuesday to Friday: 10 am to 7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 10 am to 8 pm VILLA Tuesday to Sunday (and Public Holidays): 10 am to 7 pm PARK Tuesday to Friday: 10 am to 7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 10 am to 8 pmserralves Foundation is closed on Mondays, except for the Auditorium bar and Restaurant/Cafetaria Service and on December 25 and January 1 Near Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa/Avenida da Boavista BUSES: 201, 203, 207, 502, 504 and Tourism Circuit METRO: Exit at the Casa da Música Station, with connection via the buses 201, 203, 502 and 504 at the Boavista Rotunda Entrance is via the Largo D João III (next to the French School) You can get a architectural tour through the museum on Sundays on 15h00-16h00 Tours are free upon purchase of an entrance ticket to the Museum 9

10 Casa das Artes Rua de Ruben A 4050 Porto The building is located in the gardens of a neo-classical mansion in Porto, dating from the beginning of the 20th century The program for the competition proposed a cinema, an auditorium and an exhibition gallery, as well as the conservation of the gardens as they were This is one of the first built projects of Eduardo Souto Moura It's mainly composed of two parallel granite stone walls, with all the programin the middle With a very minimalistic approach, this building is composed of great building details, reminding some of Mies Van der Rohe's characteristics 1981 Architect, Interior architect Secretaria de Estado da Cultura Take a bus from the city center that passes on the street "Rua do Campo Alegre", or at the "Avenida da Boavista" From there it's easy to reach it by foot 10

11 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Casa da Musica Avenida da Boavista Porto After Porto was selected one of the 2 cultural capitals of Europe in 2001, an international competition started, for a new concert hall to be positioned in the historical centre The shape directly derived from programmatic-piling-up Two shoe-box concert halls were piled first, the other public programs were added onto the shoe-boxes and the remaining spaces between the public functions were filled up with secondary serving spaces, such as foyers, restaurant, terraces, technical spaces and vertical transport A continuous route connects all functions and remaining spaces by stairs, platforms and escalators: the building becomes an architectural adventure The loop creates the possibility to use it for festivals with simultaneous performances Wave-like corrugated glass is used in both the 1300 seat grand auditorium and its smaller 350 seat counterpart Through material transparency each space reveals its contents to the city; showing an array of performances and cultural events photo: Casa da Música Floor area/size m² Main designer, Architect Interior architect Structural engineer Supplier OMA - Rem Koolhaas Inside Outside Arup Lensvelt Porto 2001 / Casa da Música boeboe The building is open every day, Mo-Sat: from 10:00-19:00 h; Sunday : from 10:00-18:00 h, The Casa organizes daily guided tours through the buidling: 11:00 and 16:00h For groups of 15 to 35 people To reserve and more info: visitasguiadas@casadamusicacom Metro: Linha Azul, stop at Matosinhos - Estádio do Dragão Or Linha Vermelha, stop at Estádio do Dragão - Srª da Hora 11

12 photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Manuel Montenegro Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora Calçada do Ouro Porto The work place of the masters Project is not public! Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora and others manecas photo: Sahil Latheef By the river, West from Ponte da Arrábida 12

13 photo: Carlos Dias Trindade Subway Station Rua de Camões 4000 Porto Built to be the central subway station, "Trindade" has an interface that connects 2 subway lines resulting in a big subway station with commercial spaces The materialization of the architecture is almost the space as all the other subway stations in the center of Porto and it reflects a lot of the northern portuguese way of building White walls, granite floors, ceramic tiles, rough granite stone walls, all of these elements appear in the tradicional constructions and were recreated to fit the contemporary design resulting in some very interesting spaces 2002 Architect Metro do Porto from 600h - 100h but it depends of the months By the subway just get to "Trindade" subway station In the heart of the old city right beside the Trindade Church and the city hall 13

14 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Tiago Oliveira Piscina das Marés Avenida da Liberdade Matosinhos Developed and built between 1961 and 1966, this building became one of the most interesting buildings to visit in Porto since Álvaro Siza designed it As still a young architect, Siza was appointed to design a new swimming pool at Leça da Palmeira right between the rocks and the sea He spent months drawing and feeling the environment so he could design a building that fitted perfectly along the shore It's architecture made from the site and for the site All the materials are raw Concrete, wood and steel are all processed with traditional techniques of constructing photo: Tobias 1966 Architect, Artist, Urban planner Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos From May to September: Monday to Sunday from 9:00h till 20:00h There are buses coming from the center of Porto By car take the highway A28 from Porto to the north and exit to "Leixões" Port From there go always straight ahead near the sea till you reach the big avenue where it is 14

15 photo: Pedro Joel Costa photo: Chris Luth Boa Nova Tea House R Cel Hélder Ribeiro Matosinhos This restaurant (also known as Casa de Chá Boa-Nova) was finished in the year Siza turned thirty Boldly positioned on the rocks that form the coast of Matosinhos, on the outskirts of Porto, this beautifully detailed masterpiece offers beautiful meals as well Make sure to open the huge windows! photo: Filipe Brandão 1963 Architect City of Matosinhos Chris_Luth The restaurant is open every day except Sunday You can reserve for diner at geral[at]boanovacom or call Situated from the main road by some 300 meters, the building is accessed from a nearby parking lot through a system of platforms and stairs The tea house is located some 20 minute drive north of Porto 15