Vila Velha Museum

Fri Sep 16, 2011MuseumPortugal2008Belém Lima Arquitectos

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

VILA VELHA MUSEUM

Belém Lima Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Belém Lima Arquitecto

PHOTOGRAHS
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Vila Real, Portugal

AREA
705.0 m2

Text description provided by architect.

Silent and hermetic, the Vila Velha Museum appears to be the mimesis of the granite escarpments that girdle the rivers, a mimesis of archaeological labours.

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Within it old and archaic are linked to the new. The past runs through it like sap inside an old tree.

From the outside we see a compact building, from the inside it seems to levitate, floating above nature and the ruins.

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Like an enigma, the Vila Velha Museum opens momentarily only to shut again.

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vila Velha Museum — Section

Vila Velha Museum — Section

Vila Velha Museum — Floor Plan

Vila Velha Museum — Floor Plan

Vila Velha Museum — Floor Plan

Vila Velha Museum — Elevation

Vila Velha Museum — Elevation

Vila Velha Museum — Elevation

Vila Velha Museum — Elevation

Vila Velha Museum — Detail

Vila Velha Museum — Site Plan

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