portugal Projects 20 Created 11-Oct-16 By pavol ruzbarsky, presov, Slovakia Sports Arena Gondomar, pavilion, sport Transparent Building Food Container Remixed ure Faculty Serralves Museum Café do Cais Casa da Musica Casa das Artes 6 She Changes 13 Estádio do Dragão 14 Garden Intervention 15 Casa Armanda Passos 16 Porto, private house 7 Urban Renewal Aliados Avenue 17 Porto, square, urban plan 8 Bom Sucesso Market 18 Porto, ARS-Arquitectos market 9 Placa de Lisboa 19 Porto, Balonas and Menano s cafe, shop, square 10 Porto, Eduardo Souto de Moura auditorium, cinema, exposition space Bouça Housing Complex Porto, Rui Grazina shed Porto, atelier 5 Porto, OMA - Rem Koolhaas music theatre Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora 12 Porto, Manuel Salgado football stadium Porto, Cristina Guedes + Francisco Vieira de Campos bar, cafe, pavilion, restaurant 4 Porto, auditorium, library, museum Housing Block Porto, Janet Echelman art, landmark, sculpture Porto, university 3 Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy Spacelab s commercial space, mall, market, retail, shop, shopping centre Porto, Eduardo Souto de Moura housing Porto, Manuel de Solà-Morales leisure, park, shopping centre 2 Water Pavilion 20 Porto, Alexandre Burmester exposition space, laboratorium, pavilion 11 Porto, commercial space, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ Foundation Ibere Camargo 21 Porto Alegre, Brazil museum 1
Sports Arena Rua de Pevidal 4420 Gondomar One of the recent projects from the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira This Sports Arena is a big complex with two sports pavilions Very influenced by Louis Khan's platonic works and with some Oscar Niemeyer's sensuality, this work is all made out of concrete and steel as the exterior façades are covered with bricks 2007 Câmara Municipal de Gondomar Joao_Sousa Depending if there is an event By car: From Porto take the highway IC29 to Gondomar and take the exit to the centre of Gondomar It's right beside the exit http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 2
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 Joao_Sousa 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 3
photo: Luca Silenzi photo: Luca Silenzi Food Container Remixed Piazzale Matteotti 1 63018 Porto Sant'Elpidio Italy From box to hypercube This brand new commercial building (surface: 2500 m2) is a part of a wider urban district planned from Spacelab ure since 2006 in the city of Porto Sant`Elpidio - middle Italy, in the course of completion The client brief: maximum formal impact in the limits of precast construction and basic tipology (medium-commercial function) Spacelab intended this limits as an occasion to conduct the modular precast construction to new formal results Mixing two structural systems (precast concrete grid+steel truss), the box resulting from urban plan parameters (maximum surface and height) is complicated in the entrance side by a prismatic intrusion in the original volume, distinguished by using glass and other translucent materials in comparison to other opaque fronts The other sides are characterized using precast custom-made concrete envelope, deniing modules by a continue abstract texture visually connecting each panel to the contiguous photo: Luca Silenzi Floor area/size 10-2008 2500 m², Urban planner Contractor Structural engineer Spacelab s GIL Costruzion Spacelab s Spacelab http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 4
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 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 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 6
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 7
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 8
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 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 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 10
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 11
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 Joao_Sousa 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 12
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 13
photo: Scott Doig photo: Scott Doig Estádio do Dragão Avenida Fernão de Magalhães 1862 4350 Porto http://wwwestadiodragaocom/ The stadium was built as a new venue for football club FC Porto, and also to stage matches of the 2004 European Championship which were held in It has a seated capacity of 50399 and modern facilities such as VIP seating, restaurants and conference facilities It also hosts concerts in the summer months The stadium is located in the East of the city and is easily accessed by the city's tram/metro network that has a station of the same name adjacent to the stadium The name come from the Portuguese for dragon - which appears in the crest of FC Porto photo: Nazar Leskiw 2003 Contractor Manuel Salgado Grupo Amorim FC Porto Scozia Matches are usually every 2nd weekend between September and May Tours are available daily, except for match days - see website for details Metro lines A,B,C and E all terminate at Estádio do Dragão station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 14
photo: Nelson Garrido photo: Nelson Garrido Garden Intervention Rua da Igreja de Cedofeita 124 4250-100 Porto This project entails the intervention in the garden of a 1870 house in Porto It is based on the premises of a pre-existing wood deck which covers about one third of the garden area, and the need to create a shelter for various mobile garden components The architect created a wall that fits this deck, giving it the character of a resting area, while allowing the visual relationship between building and garden to be enhanced This structural wall is the visible side of the new shelter, that extends to the plot's limit wall Its design intends to visually play with the actual deck, by doubling the stereotomy of the flooring The structure is built with treated pine, also used on the wall cladding The roof is in zinc panel Project is not public! Floor area/size 8-2009 9 m² Rui Grazina ruigrazina photo: Nelson Garrido http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 15
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 16
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/alien/guides/portugal/ 17
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 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 18
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Placa de Lisboa R das Carmelitas 130 4050 Porto Portuguese studio Balonas and Menano s have created the "Praca de Lisboa" in Porto, The project was completed as an effort to improve an area in decline in the middle of Porto and creates a space for community and livelihood The structure includes three levels, with its top-most level consisting of a green roof planted with olive trees referencing the "Porta do Oliva" The middle level is dedicated to commercial use, and the ground level provides room for a refined parking lot and pedestrian spaces 2014 Balonas and Menano s Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 19
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, Urban planner Contractor 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/alien/guides/portugal/ 20
photo: Fábio del Re photo: Fábio del Re Foundation Ibere Camargo Av Padre Cacique 2000 CEP 90810-240 Porto Alegre Brazil http://wwwiberecamargoorgbr/ The new Iberê Camargo Foundation headquarters preserves the collection of more than 4000 works by the master of Brazilian expressionism in nine art galleries This is the first project by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza in Brazil The building is an international landmark in architecture and engineering solutions One of the design s innovative features is its reinforced-concrete construction throughout, without the use of bricks or sealing elements, forming curved outlines like a great sculpture to feature the form and movement of the ramps built on all floors It is built entirely from white concrete, which dispenses with painting and finishing and also brings it a feeling of lightness All the power and service ducts are inside the walls, insulated with fiberglass, allowing the installation of permanent or temporary dimmable sockets and lighting anywhere in the rooms photo: Fábio del Re Floor area/size 5-2008 1300 m² MI_MOA Free entrance Tel 55 51 3247-8000 The regular lines of the public busses that go towards the southern end of the city, pass the building http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alien/guides/portugal/ 21