JOSÉ NEVES, arquitecto ▪ A Square in Summer

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The Belém Cultural Center Square (Manuel Salgado and Vittorio Gregotti, 1992) is a place of constant movement, providing access to the Museum, the restaurant and the hanging garden overlooking Tagus river. (photo: GoogleMaps street view)

Like in many palaces in Southern Europe, a bench allows one to sit and contemplate the urban spectacle or, if one prefers, to be on his own. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, Vignola, Giacomo della Porta et al. (16th century). (photo and sketch: José Neves)

The panelling-like lining runs along the 68m south wall that encloses the square, in the shade for nearly the whole day. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

The cork wall is a modulated wall whose rhythm keeps in step with the metrics that govern the architecture of CCB. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Two alternating thicknesses create a mass that vibrates with protrusions and recesses. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

At the western end of the square, the wall turns, making a corner in which to view films at night, sheltered from the wind. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

The height of the wall (2.80m) is the height of the base of the existing concrete arch that visually opens the square to the city. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Construction details.

Construction. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Vertical and horizontal edges were treated differently, some being left sharp and others rounded off, so that they resisted and aged differently. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Rather than an object, it was about reaping advantage of the existing space, profoundly redefining its character. Axonometric.

By joining the solid, smooth and warm blocks of cork to the slabs of limestone, the existing wrapping became lighter. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

General view. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

The reading of a temporary work can be permanent, lasting in the memory of those who experience it. (photo: Francisco Nogueira)

Fora da galeria

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Fora da galeria

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