Portuguese Football National Team Headquarters / Risco

Curated by Pedro Vada

Architects: Risco
Area: 12400 m²
Year: 2016
Photographs:Daniel Malhão
Manufacturers: Terreal, Bega, CLIMAR, Grohe, ABBClima, Altro, Bluwaters, Branca Lisboa, CIN, Corims, FN – HOTELARIA, Figueras, Gabelex, Horácio Costa, Komat, Kone, Letratec, Linha da Vizinha, Pavieste, Porseg, +12Primus Vitória, Prisma Cristalino, RED, Samsung, Sanitana, Soladrilho, Solidodisseia, TA systems, Traço de Luz, Trendburel, Tubani, XAL-12
Landscape Design: NPK, Leonor Cheis, José Lousan

Text description provided by the architects. The new premises for the Portuguese Football Federation, called Cidade do Futebol (Football City), result from a decision to join all of the institution’s activities in a single facility, namely, its headquarters, logistics centre and the new football technical centre, aimed to accommodate the seventeen national team’s training camps and work. The Cidade do Futebol is located in the Jamor National Sports Complex, west of the National Stadium, on a plot measuring approximately 7 hectares, surrounded by primary access roads to the city of Lisbon. The land measures approximately 370m long (extending north / south) and 220m wide (extending east /west) and there is a substantial gradient between the outermost edges (about 20m), which complicated the placement of the playing fields.