Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. A white sculpted stone
06/06/2017.
[Grândola] Portugal
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A new Meeting Center rises in a small city of Portugal, in Grândola.
Exterior view. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Juan Rodriguez
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Access. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Francesco Martello
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Francesco Martello
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Francesco Martello
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido.
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
Site plan. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Diagrams. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Floor plan. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Sections. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Elevations. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Construction detail. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus
Model. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Aires Mateus
Model. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph© Aires Mateus
Model. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph© Aires Mateus
Construction. Meeting Centre in Grândola by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Aires Mateus
The design of Aires Mateus is based on a simple white volume of concrete in which certain incisions have been sculpted and compose the doors and windows of the building.
The interior is a free square floor space and it is configurable by movable elements, which allows the realization of meetings of great amount of people, but also those with smaller scale. The structure of the ceiling, like the facades, also appears sculpted, but this time in its interior, dividing itself in different skylights with funnel forms. In this way, the roof reveals and configures the different parts in which the interior can be divided.
The interior is a free square floor space and it is configurable by movable elements, which allows the realization of meetings of great amount of people, but also those with smaller scale. The structure of the ceiling, like the facades, also appears sculpted, but this time in its interior, dividing itself in different skylights with funnel forms. In this way, the roof reveals and configures the different parts in which the interior can be divided.
Description of the project by Aires Mateus
The context in its distances, alignments, proportions, define the mass. The program determines the project. A meeting centre for large gatherings or small groups. The ceiling, in its variations and geometry answers the program. A complete horizontal clearness outlines the space as a whole, which as atmosphere opposes to the weight of the vertical voids. The support functions deepen the external and peripheral wall. The final image is determined by the interaction of internal space and occupied façade.
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Architects
Aires Mateus e Associados. Architects.- Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus .
Team
Project leader.- Jorge P Silva.
Collaborators.- Marco Campolongo, Matteo Foresti, Előd Golicza.
Engineering.- Axial / Três Cês.
Constructor.- Manuel Mateus Frazão.
Collaborators.- Marco Campolongo, Matteo Foresti, Előd Golicza.
Engineering.- Axial / Três Cês.
Constructor.- Manuel Mateus Frazão.
Area
670 m².
Dates
Project: 2011 – 2012.
Construction: 2012 – 2016.
Construction: 2012 – 2016.
Client
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Grândola.
Photography
Nelson Garrido.
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.
