Cascais, Portugal
Aires Mateus Arquitectos
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
Stuck between land and water, along a strip of terrain under permanent change as times went by, human intervention has grounded its most varied settlements.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
From the 17th Century onwards the amassing of different plans for this place, the material and technological resources employed on each epoch and the convenience of the granted heritage concur to a series of conversions and extensions.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
Nevertheless the locale features architectonic units of unequivocal reading, disposed according to organizational principles still quite clear.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
The adulteration and decay of some of its parts is the outcome of a process of natural selection the project seeks to revert to its benefit. Singling out the elements of greater permanence and poetic value, the proposal rebuilds with them and from them a founding order, encapsulating the memory of the elapsed time allowing for its new usage as a museum of the lighthouse.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG |
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| floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| roof plan--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| elevation 1--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| elevation 2--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| section 1--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| section 2--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
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| details--drawing © Courtesy of Aires Mateus Arquitectos |
Video: Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum / By Aires Mateus Arquitectos 1
Video: Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum / By Aires Mateus Arquitectos 2
Project Data
Project name: Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum
Location: Avenida Rei Humberto II de Itália 2750 Cascais, Portugal
Program: Lighthouse Museum
Site Area: 1750 m2
Built-up area: 435 m2
The people
Client: Câmara Municipal de Cascais
Architect: Aires Mateus Arquitectos
Project Team: Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus
Collaborators: Sofia Chinita Janeiro, Filipe Boím, Paola Marini
General Contractor: Udra, constructora, lda.
Structural Engineer: Joel Sequeira
Landscape: Joule
Photographs: ©
Fernando Guerra / FG+SG
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