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Gregotti

a multipurpose space in anticipation of the six-month presidency p ortoghese the Council of Europe.
is how, in 1988, the initiative to hold in Lisbon by the C Cultural de Belém.

The area chosen by the project is by far one of the most fascinating of the capital, between the Tower of Belém and the Monastery of the monumental complex of Hieronymite, one side overlooking the estuary of the Tagus Restelo the other on the hill.

The system proposed by Salgado Gregotti and adopts a compact volume (despite the size) and a functional division into modules placed perpendicular to the embankment. Outwardly the Centre looks like a tower topped by a massive volume of stage machinery of Opera on it. Fully coated limestone slabs Extremadura (stone Lioz ed) the amount of the complex assumes a value almost orographic, especially in its lateral growth parallel to the Tagus. The large window openings are grouped by functional units, so that passers-by is almost always given the prospect of the long walls, broken here and there from the cracks of public passages. A feature that also stems from the need to obtain an initial fee profit above the parking, which hydrogeological reasons could not be complet catkins underground. In this way none of the footpaths that cross the building is perfectly level, all reach different heights, providing, therefore, cuts views and perspectives that give great dynamism to the severity of the architecture.

Cultural Center is a centerpiece of the inner square, passed over at various points on the bridge structures that host part of exhibition spaces, administration and the foyer of the theater.
To the north and south of the square form the two main wings of the exhibition is open onto terraces overlooking the Tagus and Hill Restelo. The elevation of the terraces are excluded from the sight of the streets below and the railway line along the coast, creating a direct visual link with the landscape.

Inside the predominant color is white walls and metal structures, which contrasts with wood and granite paving. Exceptions are not without charm, the restaurant and the cylinder that houses the dual scale connection between the gallery permanent exhibitions and the upper portion of the entrance, hence the yellow plaster stucco is on the overhead light from the skylight that forms the roof.

published in: Building no.119 / 1993