MEGALITHIC MUSEUM | CVDB
Portugal
Photo credits: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
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PROJECT DETAILS:
Team: CVDB Arquitectos Associados e/and Tiago Filipe Santos
Architecture - Authorship & Co-ordination:
Cristina Veríssimo
Diogo Burnay Tiago Filipe Santos
Architecture - Collaboration:
Joana Barrelas
Rodolfo Reis
Eliza Borkowska
Elizabeta Vito
Hugo Nascimento
Ilaria Anselmi
Magdalena Czapluk
Exhibition Project:
P-06 Atelier e/and Site Specific Arquitectura
Project manager: Nuno Gusmão e/and Paulo Costa
Development: Pedro Anjos (design) e/and Simão Botelho (arquitectura)
Landscape Architecture:
Bound, arquitectos paisagistas - Arq.ª Maria João Fonseca e/and Arq.º Armando Ferreira
Museology Consultant:
Prof.ª Dra. Leonor Rocha
Engineering:
Projectual
Location:
Mora - Portugal
Client:
Mora Municipality
Procedure:
International Public Competition – 1st prize
Chronology:
Competition – 2012
Project – 2013
Construction – 2016
Construction Built Area: 1.200,00 m²/sqm
Landscape Area: 1.100,00 m²/sqm
Total Construction Cost: 2.200.000,00 Euros
Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
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The Megalithic Museum is located at Mora’s urban centre, close to a future public park. The town and region, are well known for its archaeological findings. The museum intendeds to be a local and national reference and an important asset to the cultural regeneration of the town.
The old train station in Mora is an iconic building that is part of the town heritage. The building is deeply rooted in the long-lasting collective memory of Mora’ inhabitants and visitors. The project clarifies and enhances the architectural value of the existing buildings, in a gesture of careful refurbishment.
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The museum complex integrates the old train station, its warehouse and two new buildings. The new buildings are the main exhibition area (West) and a cafeteria (East). The four buildings are connected through a continuous outdoor gallery that is located along the north side of the site. The gallery resembles the linearity of the old train station dock. The gallery is the element that conceptually unifies the project, solving the circulation and the relation between all the different programmes.