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Complexo Cultural da Levada de Tomar in Portugal by Cândido Chuva Gomes, Arquitectos

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Article source: Cândido Chuva Gomes, Arquitectos

COMPLEXO CULTURAL DA LEVADA DE TOMAR – REHABILITATION

The previous museological studies are the anchor of the proposition, intended not to destroy the image and ambience of the whole complex. The intervention area, which sets between the old city tissue and the river Nabão, consists of the rehabilitation of former industries, transforming them in a museum complex.

Images Courtesy CCG Arquitectos, Lda.

Architect: Cândido Chuva Gomes, Arquitectos
Name of Project: Complexo Cultural da Levada de Tomar
Location: Tomar, Portugal
Client: Tomar Polis – Câmara Municipal de Tomar
Time Line: 2004 – (under construction)
Building Contractor: José Coutinho, S.A.
Photography: CCG Arquitectos, Lda.
Software used: AutoCAD

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Casa dos Cubos in Tomar, Portugal by EMBAIXADA arquitectura

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Article source: EMBAIXADA arquitectura

Since the last decade of the xx century, it has been usual, especially in the old Europe, the commission of projects demanding the conservation, renovation and conversion of constructions from a recent and distant past and from the most diverse typologies, and cultural matrices – This Interior architecture often becomes a field of experimentation for architectural ideas and one of the most challenging themes of the contemporary city. Not only because of urban conditions but also because of historical, social and political demands.

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Architects: EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Project: Casa dos Cubos
Location: Tomar, Emio, Portugal
Team: Albuquerque Goinhas, Augusto Marcelino, Cristina Mendonça, Luis Baptista, Nuno Griff, Pedro Patrício, Sofia Antunes
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: Pedro Fragoso Viegas (Civil Engineer)
SEWAGE AND WATER ENGINEERING: Rui F. Mendonça (Civil Engineer)
ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING: Augusto Luis Marcelino (Electrical Engineer)
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Luís Andrade (Mechanical Engineer) HEATING AND ACOUSTICAL STUDY Nuno F. Oliveira, Miguel P. Freire (Civil Engineers)
FIRE CONSULTING: Ana Salomé (Civil Engineer)