aires mateus . gonçalves vieira _ cruz . renders: © Bernardo Sousa
The furrow is a lucid gesture of minimal touch, one that resists the urge to render the land artificial. A gesture that reveals nature, belonging, origin, life itself. The furrow as a shelter for man, for culture, for faith. A furrow through which all things are bound together.
Ne gjithmonë kemi qenë këtu me të tjerët
This gesture, a symbolic mark of union and harmony between Humans and Place, between contemporaneity and all the past of a site, between Heaven and Earth, fusing the physical, material and sensory dimension with the spiritual and religious dimension, the only visible gesture of the intervention, also becomes the argument for accessibility and travel throughout the space, resolving the various vicissitudes of the Place.
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location Tirana, Albania
client National Territory Planning Agency ( NTPA), at request of the Albanian Investment Corpora tion ( AIC) and with the support of the Miral Group ( founders of the Abrahamic Family House). Carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Environment and the Municipality of Tirana.
building type Faith Park
construction area 18 888,00 m2
cost 21 000 000,00 €
status competition, final shortlist
architectural designer aires mateus + gonçalves vieira cruz
Manuel Aires Mateus + José Maria Gonçalves Vieira e Tomás Cruz
local architectural designer cinque architettura & ingegneria + studio raça arkitektura collaborators Francisco Noites Oliveira, Joana Mariano Santos, Rui Ferreira engineering PROAFA – Serviços de engenharia S.A. (AFACONSULT) landscape architect PROAP
artist Fernanda Fragateiro
building estimator Nazmi Shushku
images Bernardo Sousa
instagram @_airesmateus + @goncalvesvieiracruz
