JOSÉ NEVES, arquitecto ▪ Public Library and Toy Museum

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The site is a fragmented city block that resulted from the demolition of an old factory. Aerial view.

Aerial view of the block before the demolition of the factory. (photo c. 1920)

The project redesigns the block, establishing a new continuity for the existing streets and adding a third square to the urban system of the two existing squares organized by the Church of Santiago. Design study model. (photo: atelier José Neves)

The new square: the Library-Museum and the Church of Santiago. (design study sketch: José Neves)

The main atrium is a new covered street that connects Rua Serpa Pinto and the new Square, which opens onto Rua da Judiaria.

The Library is an long nave, which runs along the new square.

The visual connection between the library and the city's daily spectacle is present throughout the skylit space.

Two open galleries serve as circulation and displaying of books, while rationalizing the technical infrastructure.

Library and Museum level plan.

The Toy Museum is a cubic room, which contains a black box, revealing itself to Rua Serpa Pinto as the suspended façade of the old factory.

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