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Cartaxo Cultural Centre in Cartaxo, Portugal by CVDB Arquitectos

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Article source: CVDB Arquitectos

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.

Main Façade and the urban context

Architects: CVDB Arquitectos
Project: Cartaxo Cultural Centre
Location: Cartaxo, Portugal
Project data: Invited competition – 1st prize, 2001, completed 2005
Client: Câmara Municipal do Cartaxo (Cartaxo Municipality)
Total Built area: 3 200 sq m (34 445 sq ft)
Construction cost including stage equipment: € 3 000 000 euros ($ 4,278,898 USD)
Feasibility design: Diogo Burnay, Cristina Veríssimo with Alberto Vinagre, Filipa Pedro e Patrícia Pedrosa

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Jarego House in Cartaxo, Portugal by CVDB Arquitectos

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

The house is located in a lot with 8 x 40 meters (24 x 120 feet) in the urban historical fabric of the city of Cartaxo. A central patio and a garden allow the light to go through all spaces of the house during the day. This central patio is an importance element in the structure of the house, designing a void, around which the house develops itself. The project explores the length of the site enabling its inhabitants to enjoy its different spaces and visualize, wander or move into and through this axis that becomes the main movement sequence of the project.