Aires Mateus . photos: © Juan Rodríguez . + archdaily
The legacy designed the project´s major gesture. The extended past of the city, or the history of the land claimed from the water, dictated the establishment of the forms along the river’s edge. They lock a square, a public space, and a mass of air that gives meaning to the building.
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The structure is etched with vertical elements which give modulation, structure, protection from the sun, and resolve the whole building. Variable profiles are subtly modeled within a smooth and continuous design, where plans delicately suggest themselves. An ever-changing facade varies with the light, half-light, or shadow, and changes from more opaque and mysterious, to more transparent, revealing the light pulsating within it. The gesture resolves the project, protecting working space, creating courtyards in section, and public functions within the horizontal square.
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Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Av. 24 de Julho, Lisboa, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Aires Mateus
Design Team: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus
Project Leader : Francisco Caseiro, ana rita rosa, pedro ribeiro
Colaborators: Mariana Barbosa mateus, vânia fernandes, paolo agostini, francesca lupo, marco campolongo, joão ortigão ramos, teresa mascarenhas, patricia marques, neus beneyto, olga sanina, luisa sol, humberto fonseca, humberto silva, joão esteves, rita conceição silva, filipa ferreira, diana mira, andré passos, catarina bello, joão caria, carlotta fantoni, valentina del motto, francesca gagliardi, martina palocci, borja fernandez, duarte madrugo, joão pedro miguel, mizuho anzai
Consultants: Frederico Valsassina, José Maria Assis
Engineer: AFA Consult
Constructor: Mota Engil / HCI
Client: EDP
