- Area: 8121 m²
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Camilo Rebelo & Tiago Pimentel
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Text description provided by the architects. The Palaeolithic art in the Coa Valley is perhaps man’s first land art manifestation.
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The Museum is conceived as an installation in the landscape.
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The monolithic triangular form is a direct result of the valley’s confluences.
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Its materiality evokes the local stone yards and reflects two different natures: the concrete’s matter, and the local stone’s texture and colour.