Places
Alberto Plácido
Regular Visits
Tours
Visit accompanied by Architect Nuno Grande and Engineer Alexandra Grande
Maximum 15 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
This studio occupies one of the twinned lots undoubtedly art deco and that were implanted in this street in 1865, suggested by the Count of Resende. Occupied by a printing office and a Graphic Arts workshop, respectively at East and West, the latter is today an architecture studio reachable by an existing staircase. Old and current uses live together: the meeting room is in the old repair office and the co-working space occupies the nave where the old printers were. Here, the wall and ceiling structures reveal themselves operative at a spatial and at a construction level. The contemporary is visible in the green volume amongst the already described uses, destined for the pantry, bathroom and offices, this way concentrating here the infrastructures. The past becomes present in the shelves that recycle doors from demolitions or industrial remnants where one can read “Please Do Not Discuss Politics”.
Location
Rua Álvares Cabral, 22
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linhas A, B, C, E, F – Lapa
Bus: STCP - 202, 502