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Álvaro Siza . photos: © FG+SG | architectural photography . + divisare

O pavilhão de Gondomar, conta com uma área total de 53 mil metros quadrados, dos quais 9.483 m2 de área coberta e 43.517 m2 de área descoberta. O seu custo ascendeu aos 20 milhões de euros, dos quais quatro milhões foram gastos na aquisição dos terrenos. O pavilhão, com a forma elíptica, permite realizar eventos desportivos e culturais, para os quais conta com uma capacidade máxima de 4.400 espectadores distribuídos por 4 bancadas. A capacidade pode ascender aos 8.000 espectadores, em eventos que permitam ter o público em pé, como sejam os concertos. Fisicamente podem-se considerar duas zonas distintas. Continue reading Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza . photos: © Juan Rodríguez

As is true with most old churches in Portugal, retaining walls, flights of stairs and large forecourts are designed around a building to help maintain it’s distance from its surroundings. This general strategy is at play in Santa Maria Church in Marco de Canaveses, where Alvaro Siza makes use of the sloping site and lifting the building on a 4m high plateau. Continue reading Álvaro Siza

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CGAC shot by Fernando Guerra. Continue reading Alvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza . photos: © Paulo dos Sousa

The Tile Coaling Industry headquarters lies 30 metres west of National Highway 1 at the 227 km. mark The facade of the new building is set parallel and ahead of the existing administrative building, linked by a raised, covered gallery at the upper level The two-storey structure has a 6.40×6.40m modulation. Formally, it consists of two linked bodies. The Exhibition Hall, on a square plan, is partially raised on pillars. It has a stepped roof crowned by a conical skylight. The second body, the offices zone, is on a linear plan with less depth. The roof is slightly curved and has an east-facing balcony/terrace. On the plan, the articulation of the two bodies describes an L-shape with arms In differing dimensions. Continue reading Álvaro Siza