Platform for Arts and Creativity by Pitágoras Arquitectos

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由建筑师Pitágoras Arquitectos设计的艺术创造中心位于葡萄牙的Guimarães。场地的前身是一个老旧的开放市场。现在这里成为一个艺术，文化，经济社会活动的场所。与城市功能与布局契合，成为这片城市空间的关键区域。建筑主要有三个功能：艺术中心，创新工作室，创新实验室。艺术中心的永久展厅收藏了葡萄牙画家José de Guimarães的作品，此外还有临时展厅，各种规模的演义报告厅，公共服务区和停车场。创新工作室可以为年轻艺术家提供工作区，这里还有餐厅和书店。创新实验室支持公司以及创意产业相关的活动和项目，也面向公众开放。

新建筑拥有与周边环境截然不同强烈突出的语言，从环境中脱然而出，抢眼无比。建筑的语言，形态，体量，手法，组织，势与面在环境中都独到有方。表皮由黄铜金属通风幕墙和重色玻璃幕墙组成，对比鲜明相得益彰。建筑的入口就隐藏在出挑的体量下方深色的幕墙和阴影之中。展览空间各有千秋，张力十足。场地上保留了原来的大树，广场上的城市家具是可以移动的，保证了灵活的使用。

PLATFORM OF ARTS AND CREATIVITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER  FOR THE ARTS  JOSE DE GUIMARÃES GUIMARÃES . PORTUGAL

The buildings that make  up  the Municipal Market and the space defined by them, commonly referred to as “the square”, a name inherited from market square are, as a unit, characteristic elements of the urban landscape of the city of Guimarães. The grounds of the old municipal market boasted a privileged and very central location with excellent accesses, very close to the Toural Square and the historic center. With  this  project, the transformation of the marketplace into a multifunctional space dedicated to artistic, economic, cultural and social activities within the scope of European Capital of Culture 2012, allowed for the physical and functional reintegration into the urban fabric, to become a reality and  so, to recover one  key area of the city space. In addition, the operation  extended  to  adjacent plots, enabling the regeneration ofthe interior space  of the block, which was completely uncharacterized, as a result of its occupation by a marble processing industry.

The program provided a clear concept and defined the objectives intended to achieve with this infrastructure, listing a series of skills and spaces that constitute the functional program for both  the new and the existing buildings, as well as the adjacent plots of land. For this purpose three major program areas were defined:

-Art Center, which houses a permanent collection, in this case the Collection of José Guimarães, temporary exhibition area, a multipurpose space for additional activities, performances and shows, in addition to a series of complementary services.
-Creative Labs (business support offices) for the reception and installation of activities related to creative industries, allowing the development of business projects.
-Workshops to Support  Emerging Creativity, consisting  of workspaces and  creative vocation  for  young creators  in  various areas, hoping to  develop projects  on  a temporary basis.

Finally, the intent  to recover the existing building on  the eastern  side, trying to promote  the installation of additional  commercial activities that could enhance the creation  of  a  space   with a  broad  scope   in  regards to  multidisciplinary cultural activities.

The  whole structure,  according to  the program would complement  the existing equipment in the city, as well as those which are under development within the European Capital of Culture.

When  interpreting the program, we aimed to allow for the possibility of each  one of its components to function independently  and  simultaneously,  creating  accesses  to each  of the various services and  support  areas, as  well as to the outdoor  square and  garden. We  opted  for a methodology  of intervention that involves the rehabilitation of the existing building to the east,  keeping the materials  and  textures, but redoing the entire  inside at  level 0.  For the  building  at  north,  and   for reasons previously mentioned,  the façade   towards  the Avenue, which characterizes the building, is renovated,  but its interior and  façade  facing the square were object  of and  almost complete demolition and  redesign. Although it is intended to maintain the scale and the  existing  formal  relations,  we  propose  a  new solution  for  the  building that promotes  a strong  relationship  with the square and emphasizes the relationship  of this structure with the outer space.

The  new  building takes a radically different language, by  contrast with its surroundings,  both  from  the standpoint  of their  language and   image,  discrete, repetitive, as well as  by the succession of volumes, with full and empty, marked by the juxtaposition  of contrasting  surfaces. The  coatings,  a grid of metal profiles in brass and  glass surfaces chromatised on ventilated façades, accentuates a range of textures that is intended display, more dense  and opaque in the majority of faces  in the case  of the metal structure, and  transparent  when  it covertly comes  to glass surfaces that intentionally conceal the few  openings that the building comprises. This series of volumes and  dissonant elements, which result from decomposition of the initial volume, was originated by the need  to create a variety of different spaces in the exhibition area, creating a tension evident in the volume of the building and the relationship  with the space  of the square, making it the main feature  of its design.

For the square, we formulated a proposal with a drawing significantly more aseptic and a  coating   with  large concrete   slabs,  as  a  counterpart  to  the  surrounding buildings, characterized as a large reception and a multifunctional meeting area, translated into a physical platform, summing its vocation as public space by nature. It will be an area purposely under fitted, with the preservation of the large trees to the east, by  introducing some  elements of vegetation along the north building, but leaving most of the free space  allowing for the development of numerous spontaneously or organized activities,  in  the scope  of the Platform  or not.  The urban furniture used  in the square comprises moveable elements,  allowing for a more versatile use.

Guimarães, July 2012
Pitágoras Architects
Fernando Sá Raul Roque Alexandre Lima Manuel Roque

Here’s some more information from the Pitágoras Arquitectos:

Pitágoras Arquitectos
Fernando Seara de Sá, Arq.
Raul Roque Figueiredo, Arq.
Alexandre Coelho Lima, Arq.
Manuel Luís Vilhena Roque, Arq.

Collaborators
João Couto, Arq.
Marlene Sousa, Arq.
Carla Guimarães, Arq.
João Carvalho, Arq.
Fernando Torres, Arq.
Mariana Santos, Arq.
André Malheiro, Arq.
Francisco Oliveira, Des.
Hélio Pinto, Des.

Foundations and Structures
Projegui, Lda.
António Monteiro Castro, Eng. Civil
Marco Beleza Vieira, Eng. Civil
Carlos Dias, Eng.

Hydraulic
Projegui, Lda.
António Monteiro Castro, Eng. Civil
Marco Beleza Vieira, Eng. Civil
Vânia Machado, Eng.
Ivone Carneiro, Eng Civil

Acoustic and Hygrothermal
Prof. Eng. Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, Eng. Civil
Diogo Mateus, Eng. Civil
Marília Angélico, Eng. Civil

H.V.A.C and Thermal Study
G.E.T. Lda.
Raul Bessa, Eng. Mecânico
Raul Almeida, Eng. Mecânico
Ricardo Carreto, Eng. Mecânico

Electrical and Data Network, Integrated Security and Centralized Technical
Management
Feris, Lda.
Cruz Fernandes, Eng. Electrotécnico

Landscape
Pitágoras Arquitectos
Jorge Maia, Arq. Paisagista

C.G.Work and Signage
João Andias Carvalho, Arq.

Supervision
Câmara Municipal de Guimarães
Joaquim Carvalho, Eng. Civil
Gonçalo Fernandes, Eng. Civil
Tiago Costa, Eng. Civil

Constructor
Casais – Engenharia Construção, S.A.
Direcção de Obra
Rui Ribeiro, Eng. Civil
Victor Moço, Eng. Civil
Tiago Carvalho, Eng. Civil
João Ferreira, Eng. Civil

Fotografia Photography
Joao Morgado – Architectural Photography

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