Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Regular Visits
Tours
Visit accompanied by Architect Carlos Machado e Moura
Maximum 10 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
A physical and material symbol of the industrialization of the big cities in the beginning of the 20th century, it was here that those that were going downtown parked their cars in the 1940s. A project by architect Mário Abreu, inaugurated in 1939, it is right in front of Porto’s Coliseum. The building has four floors and its lines are art deco, and it distinguishes itself by the neon sign that depicts the roads that would connected the north to the south of the country back then. The ground floor is occupied by services that kept changing along the years, but we can highlight the barbershop that resisted to the several transformations of society. On top of the building, on the fourth floor, the bar, cultural association and residency space Maus Hábitos settled around the year 2000 – it is the apartment space with a privileged view over the city of Porto.
Location
Rua Passos Manuel, 178
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha D - Aliados
Bus: Elétrico 22, 207, 301, 302, 305, 904, 905
Train: São Bento