JOSÉ NEVES, arquitecto ▪ Carnival Arts Centre

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Carnival Parade, Torres Vedras, 1960's (photo: Foto Estúdio – Ezequiel Santos Archive)

The slaughterhouse, located at the foot of the Hill of S. Vicente, was one of the only existing buildings to the north of the city, together with the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Ameal and the Lines of Torres Vedras fortifications. Military Plan (19th century).

This neighborhood had grown around the quarry and the slaughterhouse until they both closed down and became a decaying fragment on the edge of the city. Aerial view before the construction.

The urban role of the old slaughterhouse, disabled for decades, was regained as the main entrance of the Carnival Arts Centre. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The original slaughterhouse and the courtyard for the animals' blood ventilation and drainage. Plan (1878).

State of the slaughterhouse before the intervention. (photo: atelier José Neves)

The exhibition room around the main staircase volume, built upon the traces of a courtyard and combined with a large skylight, is the starting point to the exhibition route. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The circular staircase gives access to the main exhibition nave. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The main exhibition nave is designed to provide for an imponderable variety of exhibits. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

A large window frames the old quarry - the new public plaza. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The form of the plaza results from the geometry suggested by the shape of the crater and the urban staircase built on its ridge line. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The plaza is qualified by the mass of the escarpment in continuity with the elliptical surface of the new body. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

Section trough the Escarpment, Plaza, Cafeteria, covered Patio, old Slaughterhouse and Main Exhibition Nave, looking towards the Workshops gallery and Deposits volume.

The outdoor gallery, with the neighbourhood in the foreground and the hill of the city Castle in the distance. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

The Cafeteria and the museum Workshops open up to the gallery, extending its activities to the Plaza. Plan.

Design study model. (photo: atelier José Neves)

The Workshops open up through large windows and wooden gates into the covered outdoor gallery and the Plaza. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

Detail of the Workshops doors and windows. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

View from the Cafeteria. (photo: Paulo Catrica)

Constructive section through the visitable Deposits room, the Workshops and the gallery.

The visitable Deposits room is a curved nave with sky lit spaces on both sides. (photo: atelier José Neves)

Details. (photo: atelier José Neves)

The sky lit spaces of the Deposits room, currently being occupied by the collection of Carnival artifacts. (photo: atelier José Neves)

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, Lucca. (Travel sketch: José Neves)

CAC Plaza. (design study sketch: José Neves)

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