Aquário Vasco da Gama in Oeiras, Portugal by P-06 Atelier

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The Vasco da Gama Aquarium is an old navy facility that opened to the public in 1898 for scientific investigation and educational purposes. It continues to have an important role in the knowledge of the sea and the sea-species. To celebrate the importance that the Portuguese King Carlos had on the origins of the aquarium and in the investigation of the ocean, the entrance hall was restored to receive this exhibition.

AQUARIUM (exterior), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

• Architects: P-06 Atelier
• Project: Aquário Vasco da Gama
• Location: Oeiras, Portugal

AQUARIUM (exterior), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

King Carlos I developed the Oceanographic investigation and collected a big amount of marine species that can be seen in the Aquarium museum. The project for the exhibition defines an intervention that values the original characteristics of the old building and its original showcases. The exhibit solutions simplify the levels of communication, hiding the infrastructure and creating different moments of discovery. In the entrance of the building, a deep blue intervention starts the aquarium experience. After the exhibition in the entrance hall, the public is invited to continue the visit by a staircase painted in deep blue and decorated with graphic images of the marine species found by the King in is Oceanographic campaigns. This experience concept is “a dive in the ocean” where the public discovers the existing species in the deep ocean.

On the 1st floor the exhibition continues.

Exhibition (ground floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (ground floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Original Showcases (30's), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Informative Panel With Showcase, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (1st floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (1st floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (1st floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (1st floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Informative-panel, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Exhibition (ground floor), Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Interior Showcase Detail, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Information Panel Detail, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Museum Stairs, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Museum Stairs, Image Courtesy © P-06 atelier

Tags: Oeiras, Portugal

Categories: Aquarium, Exhibition Center, Interiors, Museum

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