Places

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Costa Cabral Block

Viana de Lima

1953

Casa da Arquitectura

Regular Visits

Visita ao espaço orientada pela equipa de voluntários Open House.
Sat.
10:30
11:00
11:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30

Tours

Visita ao espaço comentada pelo autor do projecto de arquitectura ou por um especialista convidado.

Sat.
10:00

Sáb 10:00, Arq. João Fonseca

Maximum 10 people per visit

No reservation required; first-come, first-served

No wheelchair access

Photography allowed

Description

This is the only block built of a plan drawn by Viana de Lima according to the principles of the “Athens Charter”, it was considered Public Interest Monument in 2013. Drawn from the street and with a sculpture-like entrance canopy that contrasts with the “rationalism” of the façade, the building organizes the dwellings from a short central gallery in the manner of Le Corbusier’s “L’Unité d’Habitation” [Housing Units]. The apartments reveals one of the Portuguese architects more involved with modern architecture, as we can see also in the façade where the glass brick, the brick and the protruding balconies alternate as modules.

Location

Rua de Costa Cabral, 750

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Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps

Public Transport

Bus: STCP - 300, 701, 702, 703

Subway: Linha D - Combatentes