The memory as reference. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ
20/11/2018.
Nominee EU Mies Award [Águeda] Portugal
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CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by Fernando Guerra. FG+SG
Site plan. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Ground floor plan. Site plan. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
First level plan. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Second level plan. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Roof level plan. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Section. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Section. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Section. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Elevation. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Elevation. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Elevation. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Diagram. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Diagram. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ. Photograph by João Duarte
2019 Nominee EU Mies Award. CAA – Agueda Arts Centre by AND-RÉ.
Águeda Arts Center (CAA) is equipped with an Auditorium, a space for pedagogical activities, a café-concert, an exhibition area and a bookshop. It is a central facility in the cultural dynamics of the city and the region that contributes to the integration of public policies of culture, developing links with other cultural facilities of the city in a way that enhances a whole network of valences and possibilities in the field of artistic creation.
The building is a municipal facility that, in its public service mission, intends to build a regular, contemporary and eclectic artistic program, based on technical and artistic excellence.
The building is a municipal facility that, in its public service mission, intends to build a regular, contemporary and eclectic artistic program, based on technical and artistic excellence.
Description of project by AND-RÉ
The design of the CAA / Águeda Arts Centre responds to the challenge of creating a solution well adapted to the context (not only phisical, but also cultural, economical and political) while creating a world-class cultural platform. A rational approach to the program was translated into a system designed to maximize functionality.
The building, with 4,500sqm, consists in three dynamic physical forces, which house and organize the three major valences of the indoor program – auditorium with 600 seats, exhibition hall and concert-cafe – spreading out from a central distribution core. In addition to the main program, the building also houses a studio room, bookstore/shop, conservation, administration/production, among many other support spaces.
The exterior architectural image is characterized by a volume of exposed concrete that embraces the terrain and creates a new public square that qualifies the city. The volume seems to levitate on a transparent glass mass, permeable and inviting to the public.
The architecture that formalizes the building is stripped of iconic artificiality, without losing the institutional relevance that the equipment deserves. It tries to reach a fusion between the pragmatic technique of execution and context response, and the poetical of space, which takes the visitor on a journey marked by the body built as a receptacle and generator of culture.
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Architects
AND-RÉ Architects. Bruno André + Francisco Salgado Ré
Project team
Adalgisa de Castro Lopes / Ana Matias / Catarina Fernandes / Filipe Paixão / Inês Ferreira / Luís Diniz / Mariana Oliveira / Pedro Costa / Rui Israel / Sandra Paulo / Sara João / Sofia Mota Silva
Collaborators
AFA / INACOUSTICS / GPIC / ARSUNA
Client
Águeda Municipality
Area
4,500sqm
Fechas
Project Date.- 2010. Completion Date.- 2016/2017
Photography
Bruno André, Francisco Salgado Ré. AND-RÉ Architects
AND-RÉ. [Porto / Portugal] Founded in 2008 by the partners Bruno André and Francisco Salgado Ré, AND-RÉ office is a creative studio, dedicated to a strategic practice and forward thinking of architecture and design, which uses to create positive responses to contemporary challenges and paradigms. The office works to find pragmatic and contextualized solutions, focused on the user and the human relationship with space, objects and their impact on the world and society. Headquartered in Portugal, they are also present in Brasil, Switzerland and UAE, where they keep developing innovative strategic concepts, based in respect for society, environment and humanity.
Bruno André is co-founding partner of AND-RÉ. Born in Oporto in 1981, he graduated in architecture at FAULP. He previously worked with Carlos Castanheira and Álvaro Siza Vieira on various projects in Portugal, Dubai and Korea.
Francisco Salgado Ré is co-founding partner of AND-RÉ. Born in Porto in 1981, he studied arts and architecture at FAULP. He dedicated his work to a multidisciplinary cross-pollinated practice between different areas such as architecture, design, art or gastronomy.
MANIFESTO
Act strategically facing main issues.
Adapt to different contexts.
Respect the past and work for the future.
Believe in the user perspective point of view.
Think in architecture and design as critical activities.
Aim for responsible, comprehensive and engaging creations. Feel creation both as cultural consequence and generator. Understand architecture and design as solutions.
http://www.and-re.pt/
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