multi-use pavilion of guimarães
guimarães, portugal, services
The Multi-use Pavilion of Guimarães is a structurally “isolated” building, and is made up of three units which appear to have been set down on the land, but with different characteristics – the largest unit corresponds to a large multi-functional main room and the two smallest correspond to the administrative area and a sports area. The first is covered in toughened glass, the others in wooden boards.
They are plain, “designless” volumes, and aim to form a topologic and volumetric relationship with the immediate surroundings and the city, using its size and covering as structurally linguistic elements.
location
Guimarães, Portugal
design year
1999
completion date
2001
area
25 500m2
collaborators
Fernando Torres
Mário Fernandes
Francisco Oliveira
Hélio Pinto
photography
Arquivo Pitágoras Group
constructor
FDO
west square
MCoutoAlves
foundations and structures
Projegui
hydraulic engineering
Projegui
thermal and acoustic
Projegui
mechanical engineering
CMA
electrical engineering
Feris
fire security
Feris