Porto Projects 10 Created 05-Aug-11 By dion lembekker, amsterdam, Netherlands Casa da Musica Porto, OMA - Rem Koolhaas music theatre Serralves Museum Matosinhos Fish Market Piscina das Marés Bom Sucesso Market Water Pavilion 7 Commercial Building in Boavista 8 Porto, Eduardo Souto de Moura commercial space, shopping centre 4 She Changes 9 Porto, Janet Echelman art, landmark, sculpture 5 Matosinhos, Alvaro Siza Vieira bar, promenade, swimming pool 3 Matosinhos, ARS-Arquitectos commercial space, market Porto, Alexandre Burmester exposition space, laboratorium, pavilion Porto, Alvaro Siza Vieira auditorium, library, museum 2 Porto Football Club Pavilion 10 Porto, Risco Architects football stadium, sport 6 Porto, ARS-Arquitectos market http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ Vodafone Office 11 Porto, barbosa & guimaraes arquitectos office 1
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, 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 2
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 Architect 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/daan09/guides/porto/ 3
Matosinhos Fish Market R do Conde de São Salvador 4450 Matosinhos Built between 1936 and 1946, this market was projected by a Porto based architecture firm ARS-Arquitectos This building is an icon for this area of the city, located next to Leixões Port It's all made in light concrete It remains almost intact since it's first appearance 1946 Architect ARS-Arquitectos Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos Joao_Sousa daytime By the Porto subway system in the blue line it's the last stop "Mercado de Matosinhos" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 4
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 Architect, Artist, Urban planner Alvaro Siza Vieira 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/daan09/guides/porto/ 5
Bom Sucesso Market Rua de Caldas Xavier 4150 Porto This building was one of the first buildings to be built in this zone In 1951 the works begin to give shape to this project Its structure of reinforced concrete is made out of pre-casted beams disposed in a radial shape The way the entry of light is designed and works in the interior is absolutely incredible and shows a great sensibility in this subject Even after more than 50 years of use, this building remains almost as good as new All the spatial richness is still present and as a market it has a rich social life photo: Carlos Dias 1952 Architect ARS-Arquitectos Câmara Municipal do Porto Joao_Sousa From around 700h till 1700h Right next to the square where there is "Casa da Música" It's less than five minute walk from the metro station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 6
Water Pavilion Estrada da Circunvalação 15443 4100-183 Porto http://pavilhaodaaguablogspotcom/ This pavilion was built to be part of the Expo 1998 in Lisbon It was rebuilt in Porto at the city park The shape of the building stands like if it were levitating from the ground, coming out of a surface of water It's structure is entirely made out of wood 1998 Architect, Urban planner Supplier Alexandre Burmester José Carlos Gonçalves Águas do Porto Joao_Sousa By the city park is easy to reach by foot By car/bus there's an entrance at the "Estrada da Circunvalação" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 7
Commercial Building in Boavista Avenida da Boavista 4050 Porto The building is designed like a succession of boxes disposed randomly over a platform From the traditional platform-like style building that Souto Moura uses to make, now he rethinks the concept of the box-like architecture, transforming it into a composition of boxes that generate an urban façade over the avenue 2008 Architect, Interior architect Eduardo Souto de Moura Joao_Sousa Depending of the stores The building is located in the Avenida da Boavista right in front of the east entry to the city park There are several Buses going down that avenue http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 8
photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Carlos Dias She Changes Praça de Cidade do Salvador 4100 Porto is home to artist Janet Echelman's 'She Changes', a 160-foot-tall waterfront netted wind sculpture suspended above a 3-lane highway roundabout, which received the IFAI International Achievement Award and the Public Art Network's Year in Review Award It is a monumental, red and white, membrane-like sculpture at the Praca Cidade San Salvador in the town of Matosinhos along the shoreline outside of Porto Through her art, Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental public sculptures that respond to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight "I am a sculptor who shapes urban space I prefer the immediacy and challenge of transforming sites that are either unnoticed infrastructure that have faded from public memory, or iconic landmarks that are so overexposed they become habitual background" photo: Carlos Dias 2005 Artist Janet Echelman MI_MOA 24/7 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 9
photo: Fernando Guerra photo: Fernando Guerra Porto Football Club Pavilion Via Futebol Clube do Porto 4350 Porto http://wwwfcportopt/ 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 9-2009 Architect, Urban planner Risco Architects Porto Football Club thecommunicationoffice http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 10
photo: Telmo Miller photo: Nazar Leskiw Vodafone Office Avenida da Boavista 2957 4050 Porto This headquarters building in Porto was designed with Vodafone s slogan Vodafone Life, Life in Motion, resulting a dynamic building with irregular body, out of balance, with many faces in motion The formalization of this concept is based on the concrete, which through its plasticity, allows to create irregular and free-form shapes, working both as a structural solution and exterior appearance The technical complexity of the building leads to a periphery structural solution, a shell of concrete, like an egg, reducing internal support to the two stairwells and three central pillars, allowing great versatility in its interior space use Project is not public! 2009 Architect barbosa & guimaraes arquitectos Vodafone bjornjansen photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/daan09/guides/porto/ 11