Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum by Spaceworkers

Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum by Spaceworkers is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zlatá cena A' Design Award in Architektura Competition Category.

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Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum

by Spaceworkers

Client: Spaceworkers

Zlatá cena A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category

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The Design

About Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum

Interpretační centrum románského umění je výstavní centrum nacházející se v obci Lousada v Portugalsku. Budova se skládá ze sedmi objemů z pohledového betonu různých výšek, přičemž každý objem tvoří samostatný výstavní prostor. Centrální hala zastřešená sklem propojuje jednotlivé objemy a vede k jejich vstupům. Kontrast mezi světlou halou a tmavšími výstavními místnostmi usměrňuje průběh návštěvy. Každý strop nově interpretuje typ zastřešení z románské architektury. Betonové fasády s texturou dřeva připomínají kámen a dřevo starších místních staveb.

The Recognition

About the Zlatá cena A' Design Award

Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum je vítězem Zlaté ceny A' Design Award, nesmírně prestižního uznání udělovaného prvotřídním, úžasným a vynikajícím designům. Zlatí vítězové jsou mimořádně inovativní, vysoce vizionářské a oslnivě okouzlující výtvory, které odrážejí génia, moudrost a um svých designérů. Očekává se, že Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum bude vysoce oceňovaným, trendy udávajícím a monumentálním vynálezem, který přináší dosud nevídanou hodnotu. Tento design, který získal Zlatou cenu A' Design Award, je velkolepý, respektovaný projekt, který velmi prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Interpretation Centre of Romanesque Výstavní centrum vyvolává silné pocity touhy, probouzí vášeň, podporuje kreativitu a fascinuje nás.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The building is composed by seven apparent concrete volumes with different heights.Each one represents a distinct exhibition space.To explore the relation between them,it was created a central body covered by glass that procedes them entries.This central space explores the contrast bright/dark between it and the exhibition spaces.Therefore, the building tries to be contemporary without forgetting the important Romanesque past, creating an atmospheric symbiosis between this different times.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1580m2 - 57000 mm x 30000 mm x 15000 mm
Tags: Romanesque, concrete, architecture, Volumetric, interpretation, concrete volumes, Interpretation centre of the romanesque, Unity within diversity, Portuguese romanesque, Romanesque route,
Production Technology: In a clear allusion to the past constructions, which was built using the local materials like stone and wood, here we use the stone of our days, the concrete. The wood-texture on the concrete facades mark the straight connection that this kind of architecture established with the surrounding nature.
Design Challenge: One of the most challenging things of this design was the impact on the center of the village during its construction. The build is very auster, like all of the architecture of the romanesque period, and in the first instance this austerity was not being welcomed. Now with the building completed they full understand his meaning and the building is much loved for the whole population .
Research: The project seeks for a close relation between the old romanesque architecture and the architecture of nowadays. During the concept fase were study all of the Romanesque typology present in the region extracting of this research the most easily recognised elements of this architecture for transposing them into a contemporary building.
The final design seek for a contemporary approach of this Romanesque elements that allow people to immediately recognise that this new build as something to do with the old romanesque buildings.
Once inside, the scale, the light and the proportion of the spaces was also based on the old romanesque buildings, remind us the ancient Romanesque construction.
Inspiration: Based on the concepts of Romanesque architecture in Portugal, the building aims to be a transitional element between the present and the distant past. In an austere way, the volumetric proposed contains the principals of unity within diversity, appearing under the form of several volumes with different heights and dimensions, demonstrating the diversity that Romanesque buildings have left us. Therefore, each volume ceilings reinterprets one of the roof types used in Romanesque architecture.
Project Duration: The building is located in the village of Lousada that belongs to Oporto district. Is is located in an area that is an expansion of this village ant it is marked by a strong relationship with an urban square called Praça das Pocinhas and withe the Senhor dos Aflitos Church - a strong reference in the town center. The project concept started in 2011 and and the construction was finished in 2018. It is open to the public since september 2018.
Operation Flow: The entire exhibition was designed to promote the interaction of the public, making them feel an integral part of it. The visitor is required to interact with the exhibition in order to obtain more information and deepen his knowledge of the different terms on which the exhibition focuses.
Patents: spaceworkers
Team Members: Principal Architect: Henrique Marques
Principal Architect: Rui Dinis
Architect: Rui Rodrigues
Architect: Rui Miguel
Architect: Sérgio Rocha
Image Credits: Main Image #1 : Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Optional Image #1 : Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Optional Image #2 : Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Optional Image #3 : Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Optional Image #4 : Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Video Credits: Building Pictures