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Cultural Centre, Cartaxo
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Cartaxo, Portugal
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Cultural Centre, Cartaxo
Cartaxo, Portugal
The new *Cultural Centre* in Cartaxo stands out
for the bold in situ exposed concrete cantilever that, like a “belly of a
whale”, projects itself onto the sidewalk and foyer to house the main auditorium.
This public building is located between two gables, taking on the modest urban
scale of the main square
of Cartaxo. The building
introduces an iconographic and public character that balances the relationship
between the site exiguity and the extensive programme. The foyer on the ground
floor is strongly related to the main civic square of the city, thus
emphasising the public character of this building. The cinema is located in the
basement, and the main hall was raised from the ground, with the capacity for
332 spectators. Transparency and permeability allow for a visual and spatial
porous relationship to be established with the square. From the outside one
senses the movement of its users within the building. A flow is generated between
the interior of the building and the exterior, which is performed and
accentuated by the bulging curvature of the exposed concrete of the “whale’s
belly”. Part of the façade is occupied by a mediating element of scale, a
concrete and glass screen enabling one to inhabit the periphery and the
exterior wall. The public spaces are constructed with exposed concrete, slate
floors and timber studs walls, thus emphasizing the presence of the character
of these materials. Strong colours, bright yellow and red are used in the back
stage areas, revealing to the street a somewhat lively character of these part
of the building programme. In the two halls, light is revealed as if it was
sculptured out of the walls and ceilings surfaces.
for the bold in situ exposed concrete cantilever that, like a “belly of a
whale”, projects itself onto the sidewalk and foyer to house the main auditorium.
This public building is located between two gables, taking on the modest urban
scale of the main square
of Cartaxo. The building
introduces an iconographic and public character that balances the relationship
between the site exiguity and the extensive programme. The foyer on the ground
floor is strongly related to the main civic square of the city, thus
emphasising the public character of this building. The cinema is located in the
basement, and the main hall was raised from the ground, with the capacity for
332 spectators. Transparency and permeability allow for a visual and spatial
porous relationship to be established with the square. From the outside one
senses the movement of its users within the building. A flow is generated between
the interior of the building and the exterior, which is performed and
accentuated by the bulging curvature of the exposed concrete of the “whale’s
belly”. Part of the façade is occupied by a mediating element of scale, a
concrete and glass screen enabling one to inhabit the periphery and the
exterior wall. The public spaces are constructed with exposed concrete, slate
floors and timber studs walls, thus emphasizing the presence of the character
of these materials. Strong colours, bright yellow and red are used in the back
stage areas, revealing to the street a somewhat lively character of these part
of the building programme. In the two halls, light is revealed as if it was
sculptured out of the walls and ceilings surfaces.
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