Envisioning the future, DREAM FACTORY (2013) DIANA QUINTELA Architect: Colectivo Inventado, a multidisciplinary team of six students from KAIROS PAVILION (2012) 1 JOÃO MORGADO London’s Royal College of Art THE REAL AND OTHER FICTIONS Architect: João Pedro Quintela and Tim Simon Address: Palácio Sinel de Cordes, Lisbon (2013) Address: Rua Rodrigues Faria (LX Factory), redefining the past 11 RIBEIRA DAS NAUS Alcântara, Lisbon 7 Curator: Mariana Pestana PROMENADE (2013) Address: Carpe Diem, Pombal Palace, Architects: João Nunes e João Gomes Rua de O Século, Lisbon 16 da Silva, landscape architects Address: Avenida Ribeira das Naus, Lisbon During the coming three months, Lisbon is set to become one of the leading architectural capitals of Europe. The third edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale will debate and disseminate architectural thinking and practice FRIDA ESCOBEDO BEAUTIFUL, LOW TECH & across geographic and disciplinary boundaries under the enigmatic but DO-IT-YOURSELF SOLUTIONS (2013) 2 Architect: Catarina Pinto (Terrapalha) daring theme Close, Closer. As such, this is an ideal moment to present a tour Address: Jardim da Estrela, Lisbon FERNANDO GUERRA in one of the oldest capital cities of the Old Continent. D. DIOGO DE MENEZES SQUARE AND PARKING (2009) — TEXT: CARLOS M. GUIMARÃES, ILLUSTRATION: HARMEN VAN DER HORST LISBON (PT) 17 Architect: Miguel Arruda Adress: Avenida Rei Humberto II de Itália, DMF FRIDA ESCOBEDO Cascais Contributed by: NGHM his year’s Triennale takes place from 12 September ground. To challenge our legacy was a normal procedure. and conceived by students from London’s Royal College NEW PUBLICS (2013) THALIA THEATRE (2012) until 15 December, and probably has the most Suburbanization and mass production architecture were of Art, the project explores the importance of being close Curator: José Esparza and Chong Cuy Architect: Gonçalo Byrne and Barbas Lopes Tcross-disciplinary programme yet. The point of part of the cause and effect of this profound disrespect for to one’s dreams, not as mere chimeras, but as a way of 8 Address: Praça da Figueira, Lisbon 12 Address: Estrada das Laranjeiras, Lisbon departure for Close, Closer is to ‘introduce architecture ‘what existed before’. What this tour guide desires to of- looking beyond. After it actively collects people’s dreams as a discipline that is not exclusive to professionals or de- fer, from an architectonic point of view, is the possibility online and physically travels the streets of Lisbon for fined only by buildings, but rather as an expanding field to glimpse the future through some defining projects and five days, the final installation will be revealed at the with which, amongst others, sociologists, scientists, cura- concepts presented during the Triennale, and with that, Triennale’s headquarters, the Sinel de Cordes Palace. MOBILE PATIO (2013) tors and artists are all dynamically and radically engag- to reveal some of the latest new projects that intend to Among the ten winners of the Crisis Buster initiative, Architect: Gabriela Salazar (FRAME collective) ing’. The great majority of competitions and forthcoming transform Lisbon’s past by acting upon it. The guide can the selection of four given here is practical, as the pro- 3 Address: Internato São João, Travessa events, such as exhibitions, workshops and conferences, be loosely divided in two categories: projects that pursue jects must be physical in order to be part of this city guide. do Loureiro 8, Lisbon assume alternative, young and contemporary spatial a hypothetic future by testing it, and realizations within Beautiful, Low Tech & Do-It-Yourself Solutions (2), for practices as their centre of positive attention. pre-existing buildings and consolidated urban scenarios. instance, is an open laboratory that ‘will teach low-budg- JOÃO MORGADO No doubt much has changed since 2007, the year of The first half of the guide focuses on what can be seen et, ecological, innovative and do-it-yourself techniques, INSTITUTE STRELKA the first Triennale. A post-starchitect generation is rising. in Lisbon during the Triennale. Some of these projects are starting with the construction of a shelter structure that JÚLIO POMAR MUSEUM (2013) New concepts and instruments are entering the profes- the result of an open call for ideas, the so-called Crisis will house the lab itself.’ Created by Catarina Pinto of Architect: Álvaro Siza Vieira 13 Address: Rua do Vale, Lisbon sion; the field of architecture has expanded, incorporat- Buster Grants Programme, which evaluates a project’s Terrapalha studio, it will likely be set in the Jardim da Estrela ing new, fresh visions. Triggered by recession, revised ability to ‘respond to a specific problem identified in the for a period of three weeks. JOÃO MORGADO forms of spatial expression are enjoying increased me- Portuguese capital’ as its main conceptual aspect, while A similar methodological approach is presented by CIDADELA DE CASCAIS dia attention. Simultaneously, a certain memory of the others are part of the Close, Closer concept of expanding Gabriela Salazar of FRAME collective. Mobile Patio (3) HISTORIC HOTEL (2012) past has reappeared in the collective consciousness. For the field of architecture from an institutional point of view. proposes an exchange platform to stimulate interaction 18 Architect: Gonçalo Byrne, David Góis and David Sinclair the last two or three decades, political and economic at- The first project is the winner of a student competition between patio dwellers and users. Employing an old fire Address: Avenida D.Carlos I, Cascais tention has not been focused on our historical common organized by the Triennale. Entitled Dream Factory (1) truck selling ice cream to ensure its economic self-suf- KITCHEN OF CASA VAPOR (2013) FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE STOREFRONT ficiency, it will promote a series of activities and perfor- Architect: Mattia Paco Rizzi (EXYZT) 4 Address: Cova de Vapor, Almada THE INSTITUTE EFFECT (2013) mances, from music to local markets. Curator: Lisbon Architecture Triennale 5 Address: MUDE, Rua Augusta 24, Lisbon Another interesting strategy is applied by Mattia 9 JOÃO MORGADO Paco Rizzi of French collective EXYZT, also with the clear ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF intention to promote social cohesion. Kitchen of Casa PRAÇA NOVA DO CASTELO DE Vapor (4) will present a communal kitchen, open to all, in 14 SÃO JORGE (2010) Architect: Carrilho da Graça Cova de Vapor, Almada. Besides being a place for shared Address: Rua Castelo São Jorge 129, Lisbon meals, it will present cooking workshops, ‘looking to drive Contributed by: Alemen social interaction through the rituals of preparing and 12 consuming food as a group’. BANCO DE PORTUGAL The final project of the Crisis Buster selection will be HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION (2012) located in a low-income neighbourhood in Lisbon, Cova 19 SOUTH ENTRANCE – BAIRRO ALTO Architects: Gonçalo Byrne and Falcao da Moura. Presented by Maria Isabel Monteiro of the O DA COVA DA MOURA (2013) de Campos Adress: Rua do Comércio, Lisbon Moinho da Juventude cultural association, and entitled 5 Architect: Maria Isabel Cabral Marques Monteiro (Associação Cultural O Moinho da Juventude) 1 South Entrance (5), the project aims to work in close Address: Cova da Moura, Lisbon 20 collaboration with the local community. It intends to re- habilitate the south entrance of the district and return it 2, 3 to the community as a functional public space for infor- 7 – 10 mal meetings or planned activities. 13 – 16 19 The institutional events of the Triennale will take place at some of the best cultural sites in town. The FERNANDO GUERRA 11 Electricity Museum, an old thermoelectric station con- MUDE – DESIGN AND FASHION 6 MUSEUM (2009) verted into a museum in 2006, became one of the most FERNANDO GUERRA outstanding exhibition centres in Lisbon, due to its 10 Architects: Ricardo Carvalho and Joana Vilhena PORTAS DO SOL PARKING Address: Rua do Ouro, Lisbon AND SQUARE (2006) FERNANDO GUERRA DANIEL DOCIU 17, 18 Architect: Aires Mateus 15 TBWA LISBOA (2012) New projects that intend Address: Rua de São Tomé, Lisbon FUTURE PERFECT (2013) Architect: ColectivArquitectura to transform Lisbon’s past Curator: Liam Young 20 (Vera Alves and Cristóvão Ferreira) 6 Address: Av. de Brasília (Electricity Museum), Address: Avenida Engenheiro Duarte 4 by acting upon it. Lisbon Pacheco 26, Lisbon 58 A10 # 53 MI Tour Guide MI Tour Guide A10 # 53 59 personal, almost intimate way the architect (Envisioning the future, conceived the external staircase. The result In the next issue: redefining the past) is a fabulous connection between an almost industrial character and spatial quality. Cu- scientific and pragmatic understanding of rated by London-based designer Liam Young, the programme and a very artistic design ap- Future Perfect (6) will occupy this space, proach in detailing. Eurovision revealing urban scenarios for the world of Another exhibition space on our tour is the tomorrow. Through a narrative that specu- Archaeological Museum of Praça Nova do Slovenia lates upon the consequences of today’s Castelo de São Jorge (14), by Carrilho da At the beginning of the year, we featured the Cultural emerging biological and technological re- Graça. The intervention is very sensorial and search, it will create a surreal landscape tectonic, addressing interesting concepts like Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT). Located shaped by ‘mad scientists, design mavericks, the need for protection, desire for revelation in a small rural town, it is a visionary building that has literary astronauts, speculative gamers, vi- and spatial readability. won praise across Europe. In Slovenia, architects tend sionaries and luminaries’. Located not far from the Archaeological Another great space is the Carpe Diem Museum is the Portas do Sol Square and to see the ‘impossible’ as a good reason to get started – gallery at Pombal Palace, an old aristocratic Parking (15), an interesting topographic wooden skyscrapers, for example. mansion in the centre of the city. Here, The project of Aires Mateus architects.