AD Round Up: Aires Mateus
Aires Mateus was established in 1988 and is one of the most influential portuguese architectural practices. Here are five great projects that you can’t miss again, like the amazing House in Leiria or the Casa na Areia located in Comporta, Portugal. You must check out Santo Tirso Call Center or the Sines Center for the Arts a building that works as link between Sines town and the sea. Finally, revisit the Building In Lagoa das Furnas, an outstanding project that evoke the architectural landscape of the Azores.
Alcácer do Sal Residences / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Alcacer do Sal, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Francisco Aires Mateus & Manuel Aires Mateus
Design Team: Giacomo Brenna, Paola Marini, Anna Bacchetta, Miguel Pereira
Area: 1,560 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Venice Biennale 2012: Radix / Aires Mateus
In the exteriors of the Arsenale we found Radix, the installation designed by Portuguese office Aires Mateus (Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus), an elegant contemporary response to the architectural setting of the Biennale.
The installation recognises the nearby docks of the Arsenale designed by Jacopo Sansovino between 1568 and 1573, which is flanked by arched walkways that inspire this structure. Radix is an arch supported on three points with the fourth corner hanging over the water, turning the otherwise massive steel structure into a lightweight balanced volume.
More pictures after the break.
House in Aroeira / Aires Mateus
Architect: Aires Mateus
Location: Aroeira, Portugal
Design Team: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus
Date of construction: 2009-2010
Collaborators: Francisco Caseiro, Catarina Bello,Serena Santini
Client: private
Engineer: AFA consult
Constructor: 2GM
Surface Area: 1500 sqm
Building Area: 300 sqm
Photographer: Courtesy of Aires Mateus
Sines Center for the Arts / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Sines, Portugal
Project Authors: Manuel Aires Mateus & Francisco Aires Mateus
Project Leader: Jorge P. Silva
Collaborators: Rodolfo Reis Dias, Bruno Moura Anes, Pedro Anão, Cristina Fuertes Miquel, Amparo Burgos Garcia
Client: Câmara Municipal de Sines
Structural Engineer: Miguel Vilar – BETAR
Electrical Engineer: Raul Serafim
Water Engineer: Marta Azevedo – BETAR
Constructor: A.M.Mesquita
Construction Coordination: Emília Martins
Site Director: António Pinto
Project Area: 8,065 sqm
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Daniel Malhão
Building In Lagoa das Furnas / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Lagoa das Furnas, Portugal
Collaborators: Valentino Capelo de Sousa, Mariana Barbosa Mateus, Catarina Belo, Francisco Caseiro, João Caria Lopes
Client: SPRAçores
Project area: 1,130 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Casa na Areia / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Comporta, Grândola, Portugal
Client: João Rodrigues
Collaborator: Humberto Fonseca
Coordinator: Maria Rebelo Pinto
Project area: 180 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Nelson Garrido
House In Leiria / Aires Mateus
Architects: Manuel Aires Mateus
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Collaborator: Humberto Fonseca, Luísa Sol, Tiago Santos
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Mar do Oriente / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Project Leaders: Valentino Capelo Sousa, Bruno Moura Anes
Collaborators: Patrícia Marques, Maria Rebelo Pinto, Tiago Mestre, Afonso Almeida Fernandes
Client: “Mar do Oriente” Cooperative
Structural Engineer: José Nascimento
Air treatment: João Soares
Electrical Engineer & Communications: Saraiva de Figueiredo
Acoustics: José Nascimento
Landscape design: Margarida Quelhas
Constructor: Empreiteiros Casais
Surface Area: 7,200 sqm
Built Area: 16,700 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Santo Tirso Call Center / Aires Mateus
Architects: Aires Mateus
Location: Santo Tirso, Portugal
Collaborators: Marco Arraiolos, Anna Bacchetta, Bruna Parro
Engineering: AFA Consult
Client: Portugal Telecom
Constructor: LENA / ABRANTINA
Surface Area: 4,700 sqm
Built Area: 3,985 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: João Morgado
