Porto Projects 13 Created 07-Jul-12 By Giada Giada, Bari, Italy Casa das Artes Eduardo Souto de Moura auditorium, cinema, exposition space Casa da Musica Bouça Housing Complex Urban Renewal Aliados Avenue Almeida Garrett Library ure Faculty Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora 9 Casa Armanda Passos 10 Serralves Museum 11 auditorium, library, museum 5 Housing in Matosinhos 12 Matosinhos, A2G arquitectura housing 6 Piscina das Marés 13 Matosinhos, bar, promenade, swimming pool 7 university 4 José Manuel Soares archive, culture, exposition space, library Manoel de Oliveira Cinema House private house square, urban plan 3 commercial space, housing Eduardo Souto de Moura culture, exposition space OMA - Rem Koolhaas music theatre 2 Boa Nova Tea House 14 Matosinhos, pavilion 8 atelier http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 1
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 Joao_Sousa 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/giada/guides/porto/ 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/giada/guides/porto/ 3
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 SAAL Joao_Sousa 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/giada/guides/porto/ 4
photo: Traço Alternativo photo: Traço Alternativo Urban Renewal Aliados Avenue Avenida dos Aliados 1 4000 Porto The Project for the Avenida dos Aliados surges from the need to build, in that place, three metro stations that are practically contiguous: São Bento, Aliados and Trindade The intervention opted for the reformulation of the existing vegetation, it privileged the thick arboreal but freed the ground from flower beds and other obstacles which restricted the use of the Avenue located in the heart of the city as a large public space, as it happens in countless cities, responding to a use that was, in fact, already in practice, although in precarious conditions The project redesigned the urban furniture but re-used the old existing street lamps On the upper side of the Avenue, near the City Hall, a water mirror was built, surrounded by benches, chairs and trees 2005 Main designer, Eduardo Souto de Moura uralguides photo: Traço Alternativo http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 5
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 Joao_Sousa Monday: 1400-1800 Tuesday-Saturday: 1000-1800 bus: 601, 302, 200, 207, 201, 501, 601, ZM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 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 Universidade do Porto Joao_Sousa 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/giada/guides/porto/ 7
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 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/giada/guides/porto/ 8
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 Joao_Sousa 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/giada/guides/porto/ 9
photo: Carlos Dias Casa Armanda Passos Av do Mal Gomes da Costa 4150 Porto Amidst horizontal and vertical planes conditioned by the contours of the terrain, memories of Zen gardens and fire signs, the Armanda Passos house has gently risen Designed to be lived in at all hours of the day, when light seeks out shade, and shade opens itself to the light, the house-atelier, commissioned by painter Armanda Passos from the most international name in Portuguese architecture, allows the complicity naturally created by the architect with his work to transpire at each step This is the second dwelling designed by Siza in Porto The first was built in the 1960 s on the Avenida dos Combatentes photo: Carlos Dias Project is not public! 2005 Armanda Passos MI_MOA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 10
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 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/giada/guides/porto/ 11
photo: A2G Arquitectura photo: A2G Arquitectura Housing in Matosinhos Av Meneres 4450-102 Matosinhos http://http://wwwadoisgcom/projectoshtml This new housing project is situated in a mixed used area, with left-over buildings of industrial use, where small factories and new housing projects coincide This part in the south of Matosinhos is being reconverted from industrial to housing destination And this house embodies both sferes in its facade The six floors heavy weight concrete construction is filled in with large transparent glass plates, to give it a light new modern image The whole building is carefully set in its surroundings, and interacts with the street The communal spaces open up to the street, with large glass windows The private zones of the building are more closed, with a differentiating open and closed facade Project is not public! Floor area/size 2007 3800 m² A2G arquitectura simus - sociedade de investimentos imobiliarios A2Garquitectura photo: A2G Arquitectura The building is located on the corner of Av Meneres and Rua do Conselheiro Costa Braga, in Matosinhos, just north of Porto http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 12
photo: Carlos Dias photo: Tiago Oliveira Piscina das Marés Avenida da Liberdade 4450-716 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, Artist, Urban planner Joao_Sousa 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 13
photo: Pedro Joel Costa photo: Chris Luth Boa Nova Tea House R Cel Hélder Ribeiro Matosinhos http://wwwcasadechaboanovacom/ 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 City of Matosinhos Chris_Luth The restaurant is open every day except Sunday You can reserve for diner at geral[at]boanovacom or call +351 22 9951785 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/giada/guides/porto/ 14