Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Open Visits
Tours
Sat 15h, Architect José Fernando Gonçalves / Sun 15h30, Architect João Luís Marques
Caleidoscópio
Maximum 30 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
An incursion to the landscape of the periphery of Vila Nova de Gaia to see this chapel in Quebrantões is well deserved. It is remarkable, the way in which architect José Fernando Gonçalves reuses religious iconography to place the chapel in a territory with no urban planning; an architectural proposal attentive to reality and for that reason it re-qualifies the site and its surroundings. Without ever imposing itself to this circumstance, it is as crucial the strategy of implantation and organization of the exterior spaces, as is the profile and the scale of the church and contiguous buildings proposed for the parish centre. For that reason there is a creative faithfulness to the liturgical program – that doesn’t seem Nordic but very much from Porto – and some of the tools are: churchyard, square, path, symbols, nature, art, bell, baptistery, light, materials, drawing, relationships and, naturally, the crucifix… or is it the cardo and decumanus?
Location
Rua Dr. Alfredo Faria Magalhães
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 904, 905
Train: General Torres