EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus
25/04/2016.
[Lisbon] Portugal
metalocus, PALOMA DE LA QUINTANA, ÁLVARO LAMAS
metalocus, PALOMA DE LA QUINTANA, ÁLVARO LAMAS
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.
Exterior view at night. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view square. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view square. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view square. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view of square. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view facade. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view detail of facade. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view square. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view facade. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view yard. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Inside view office. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Exterior view yard. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Inside view corridor. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Inside view corridor. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Inside view assembly hall. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus. Photography © Juan Rodríguez.
Aerial view. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Location plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
South elevation. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
North and East elevations. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Basement 2 floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Basement 1 floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Entrance floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus
First floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Type floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Roof floor plan. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Longitudinal section. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Cross sections. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
Constructive section. EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus.
The new EDP Headquarters designed by Aires Mateus on the banks of the Tajo River in Lisbon revolves the project around a characteristic formal element that is repeated throughout the entire building, solving the facade, structure and sunscreen. A unique profile that makes sense through its serialization. The building frees inside the plot creating a square facing the river.
Description of the proyect by Aires Mateus
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
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.
Client
EDP.
Constructor
Mota Engil / HCI.
Location
Av. 24 de Julho, Lisboa, Portugal.
Photography
Juan Rodríguez.
AIRES MATEUS
Manuel Rocha Aires Mateus. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1963. Graduates as an architect in F.A./U.T.L., Lisbon Portugal in 1986. Collaboration with architect Gonçalo Byrne since 1983. Collaboration with architect Francisco Aires Mateus since 1988.
Teacher in Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA, in 2002 and 2005. Invited teacher in Fakulteta za Arhitekturo, Universa v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2003/2004. Teacher in Accademia di Architectura,Mendrízio, Switzerland, since 2001. Professor in Universidade Autónoma, Lisbon, since 1998. Professor in Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon, since 1997. Invited for several seminars and conferences in: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.
Francisco Xavier Aires Mateus. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1964. Graduates as an architect F.A./U.T.L., Lisbon Portugal in 1987. Collaboration with architect Gonçalo Byrne since 1983. Collaboration with architect Manuel Aires Mateus since 1988.
TEACHING. Visiting professor at Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo 2009. Teacher in Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA, in 2005. Teacher at Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera Italiana, since 2001. Professor at Universidade Autónoma in Lisbon since 1998. Invited Teacher for seminaries in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, England, Brazil, Mexico, Norway, Chile, Brazil, USA, Slovenia, Croatia, Canada and Japan.
