Places
Marco Guinoulhiac
Regular Visits
Tours
Visit accompanied by Architect Joaquim Teixeira
Maximum 10 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Designed by Pereira da Costa, this building has six apartments for the architect and his brothers. Even though the volume is made from the elements of the formal world of the modern movement, like the slightly inverted roof (close to the solution of a butterfly wing roof), or the geometric game provoked by the intersection of vertical and horizontal planes (very visible in the side elevations), the perception of the group reminds us of the mother-house of a Palladian villa, because of its scale and its program. Many times these country houses were destined for several brothers that distributed themselves symmetrically, or in different floors, or both, as observed (6 houses in three floors with two lateral entrances). Porticos give way to balconies that occupy the whole front of the houses, a space whose light and intimacy is filtered by horizontal blades of metal blinds, like the verticals of the columns would filter the outside/inside environments of Palladio. On the 2nd floor left lives an Italian architect that certainly feels at home in here. It is not in Venice, it’s in Campo Alegre. Here’s “permanent modernity” for you.
Location
Rua de Guerra Junqueiro, 198
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 200, 204, 207, 209, 504