Oporto Projects 20 Created 08-Jun-16 By Claudia Leone, Vanves, France Porto Cenário Bar José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira cafe, bar Casa da Musica Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora Café do Cais Serralves Museum Bouça Housing Complex Casa das Artes 6 Manoel de Oliveira Cinema House House Mártires da Liberdade 13 Artists Workshop 14 Almeida Garrett Library 15 Trindade Subway Station 16 Eduardo Souto de Moura subway station 7 Burgo Tower 17 Eduardo Souto de Moura commercial space, office 8 Transparent Building 18 Manuel de Solà-Morales leisure, park, shopping centre 9 Housing Block 19 Eduardo Souto de Moura housing 10 Eduardo Souto de Moura auditorium, cinema, exposition space José Manuel Soares archive, culture, exposition space, library anc arquitectos restaurant 5 Alvaro Siza Vieira commercial space, housing Gosho Restaurant 12 Virgínio Moutinho atelier Alvaro Siza Vieira university 4 Alvaro Siza Vieira auditorium, library, museum ure Faculty Cinema Batalha Paulo Freitas & Franciso Soares Dias apartment, commercial space, housing, renovation Cristina Guedes + Francisco Vieira de Campos bar, cafe, pavilion, restaurant 3 Alvaro Siza Vieira atelier Artur Andrade cinema, music theatre, restaurant, theatre OMA - Rem Koolhaas music theatre 2 Living Foz 20 demm Arquitectura housing 11 Eduardo Souto de Moura culture, exposition space http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ Instituto CUF 21 Carlos Prata university 1
photo: José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira photo: José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira Porto Cenário Bar R do Monchique 68 4450-394 Porto This project concerns the conversion of a small 50m2 restaurant into a Lounge Bar, at the riverside front in Porto, Massarelos Plastered stucco boards were placed around the walls, hanging over a contrasting dark wooden floor The customer s area was separated from the services and supporting spaces such as the sanitary, the kitchen and the DJ cabin, installed in half of the former restaurant kitchen After all, the DJ is the new coking master over here These fleshy spaces got moulded in orange juicy colours, contrasting with the white/beige painted main room The relation with the beautiful outside landscape was improved by emphasising the presence of the 4 existing windows as absences in the walls, inviting for contemplation The lighting as well the furniture was carefully chosen, out of vintage stores, in order to fulfil the client s will of spending few and creating an atmosphere that could be cosy, slightly minimalistic and sophisticated at the same time photo: José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira Floor area/size 2006 90 m² Main designer, Graphic designer Structural engineer José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira Paulo Costa Ricardo Sapage Manuel Sousa Vieira, Luz e Som Agostinho Veloso de Brito Jose_Carlos_Nunes_de_Oliveira_Arc hitect http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 2
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Casa da Musica Avenida da Boavista 604 4149 Porto http://wwwcasadamusicapt/ 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 2005 22000 m² Main designer, 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 3
photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Manuel Montenegro Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora Calçada do Ouro 1 4150 Porto The work place of the masters Project is not public! 1-1998 Alvaro Siza Vieira Álvaro Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora and others manecas photo: Sahil Latheef By the river, West from Ponte da Arrábida http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 4
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Café do Cais Cais Estiva 4050-243 Porto This café is situated along the river Douro in the old city centre It is a simple glazed pavilion, integrated into the lively quayside surroundings When all the glass doors on the south side are opened, the café is transformed into a large, covered open-air terrace The only solid boxes are the two service-zones inside, one for the bar, and the other for sanitary services The pavilion seems to hover above the ground on a small raised platform The terrace has an amazing canopy, resembling the sails of the ships passing by 2000 Cristina Guedes + Francisco Vieira de Campos Animafoz Naomi photo: Naomi Schiphorst If you re in Praca da Ribeira, walk to the river, then turn right it is the glass building on your left, right on the river edge http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 5
photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Serralves Museum Rua DJoão de Castro 210 4150-417 Porto http://wwwserralvespt/ 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 10-1997 12669 m² Alvaro Siza Vieira 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 6
photo: Carlos Gonzalez photo: Mirko Garufi ure Faculty Rua do Gólgota 215 4150 Porto http://wwwfauppt The School of ure 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 9-1994 Alvaro Siza Vieira 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' http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 7
Bouça Housing Complex Rua Melo II 453 4440 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, Urban planner Alvaro Siza Vieira 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! http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 8
photo: Fernando Guerra photo: Fernando Guerra Gosho Restaurant Avenida da Boavista 1277 4000 Porto Gosho Restaurant ('Imperial Palace') is located in the food court of a 5-star hotel The project contains several specific areas for the several types of Japanese food that the restaurant serves, with a total capacity of 101 seats The atmosphere of the restaurant cherishes 'being' in public, through different themes Besides evoking traditional Japanese architecture through a crude and strong presence of the materials, the design creates theatricality with two entrance tunnels and a raised arrival, underlines with white paint the amusing and seemingly irrational posture of the existing structure and nourishes a certain mystery by dissolving the space limits with a permeable curtain, a translucent screen and dark periphery walls (text from architect's website) photo: Fernando Guerra 2007 anc arquitectos Pedro_Loureiro http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 9
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, Interior architect Eduardo Souto de Moura 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 10
Manoel de Oliveira Cinema House Rua de Viana de Lima 4150 Porto The Cinema House represents a significant change in the formal expression of Eduardo Souto de Moura A change of style that approaches this work to the formal expression of the architecture of Siza Vieira This building pretends to be similar to the surrounding houses, having some distortions to fit better on the plot The overall image resembles to the lens of the camera, with dynamic eyes like the insects, searching for the views to the see in between the buildings 1998, Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Eduardo Souto de Moura Câmara Municipal do Porto Right now [November 2007] it's on restoration because it was left abandoned since it was finished By bus (number 78) on the "Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa" till "Praça do Império" and after that by foot following the street "Rua de Bartolomeu Velho" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 11
Cinema Batalha Praça da Batalha 10 4050 Porto Situated in the heart of the city of Porto, the proposal of Artur Andrade continues his development of the expressionist line with a curve façade that creates movement and great dynamics in tension with the glass façade that defines the corner of the square in a futuristic style It was a very polemic building when constructed (1946) because of the fascist regime Today it works as a lounge bar, a restaurant and a cinema/theatre 1946 Artur Andrade Câmara Municipal do Porto Right in the centre of the city of Porto Metro stations "Bolhão" or "São Bento" and several buses pass by there Easy to get there http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 12
photo: Joaquim Pinheiro photo: Joaquim Pinheiro House Mártires da Liberdade Rua Mártires da Liberdade 114-120 4050 Porto Located in the centre of Porto, this building has two separate apartments with a garden and a commercial area A new construction has been cleverly settled next to an existing 19th century house, creating an interesting architectural tension, and a rich dialogue in what comes to architectural language and expression The total area of construction is approximately 500 sqmt, integrated in a 800 sqmt garden Project is not public! Floor area/size 2002 1000 m² Contractor Infrastructure consultant Paulo Freitas & Franciso Soares Dias EA - Engenheiros Associados ÉPOCA - Gestão de Estudos e Projectos Maria do Céu Mata mjoao-arq photo: Paulo Freitas http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 13
Artists Workshop rua da lada 4050 Porto The building has 4 ateliers for young artists Its location, right next to the river "Douro" has a wonderful view of the "D Luiz I" Bridge, the river and the south coast of the city of "Gaia" This project integrates a system of platforms and granite walls in stories and stairs that connects the building to the street at the ground level The great sensibility and beautifulness of the urban tissue and it's great presence in the site conducted to the option of creating a building that is discreet The object consists in an association of two planes in "sandwich", with glass walls over a platform Project is not public! 1996 Virgínio Moutinho Young Artists Right next to the main Bridge in Porto "D Luiz I" and it stands on the top of the tunnel that gives access to the old city Several Buses to get there and with the "Funicular dos Guindais", the elevator http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 14
Almeida Garrett Library Rua de Entre Quintas 268 4050-239 Porto This building has two great functions: Public Library and a new exposition hall There is also an auditorium for 200 people determined to conferences, films projection and other shows Its location, between the street "Entrequintas" and the gardens of the crystal palace has an intense presence with the nature giving it a peaceful environment to build a library With a great attention to details, the main façade is covered with pine wood to create a shield from the sun to the exposition rooms The library has to floors with a big opening that connects visually the two levels 2001 José Manuel Soares Câmara Municipal do Porto Monday: 1400-1800 Tuesday-Saturday: 1000-1800 bus: 601, 302, 200, 207, 201, 501, 601, ZM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 15
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 Eduardo Souto de Moura 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 16
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 2006 34976 m², Interior architect, Urban planner Infrastructure consultant Eduardo Souto de Moura AFA Associados Douro Atlântico photo: Filipe Brandão In "Avenida da Boavista", from "Casa da Música" it's a 10 minute walk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 17
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, 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" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 18
Housing Block Rua do Teatro 57 4150 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, Interior architect, Urban planner Eduardo Souto de Moura On the western part of Porto called "Foz" it's easy to reach From the avenue "Avenida do Brasil" that follows the coast line http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 19
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Living Foz Rua Carvalho 102 4150-065 Porto Living Foz complex is distinguished by the striking exterior, dominated by the white-coloured balconies that angle in and out to form a crystalline appearance 2011 demm Arquitectura Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 20
photo: Nazar Leskiw Instituto CUF Rua Fonte das Sete Bicas 170 4460-188 Porto An exterior walkway was included, allowing at present or at a later stage, the inclusion of the necessary emergency exits The Building acquires a greater dimension with the separation between staff and public, the users acquire greater sense of space towards the exterior, whether they are static or in motion within the building The building's original dense concept is altered to an unity feeling, this is achieved by a shading game that is only visible at close proximity - designed by the plastic artist Angelo de Sousa - this shading game protects the extensive glass structure from excessive sunlight and also gives the building a unity feeling opposed to the concept's dense 2014 Main designer, Artist Carlos Prata Nuno Barbosa Ângelo de Sousa Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudial/guides/oporto/ 21