Aires Mateus and Associates

Sines Center For The Arts

Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão

SINES CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Aires Mateus

ARCHITECTS
Aires Mateus

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daniel Malhão

AREA
8065.0 m²

YEAR
2005

LOCATION
Sines, Portugal

CATEGORY
Visual Arts Center

Text description provided by architect.

The building is situated at the start of the main street linking the town to the sea and marking the traditional entrance to the historic nucleus.

Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão

The Centre subsumes diverse activities capable of generating an exceptional building: exhibition rooms, a library, cinema-cum-theatre and a documentation centre.

The wide-raging program calls for the whole plot to be occupied, enveloping the street below mean ground level and adapting its exterior volumetry to the monumental scale of the castle walls.

Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão

The four modules are set out on the upper floors in parallel bands intercalated with patios.

The decks were hung from a bridge-like structure supported on the perimetral walls alone.

Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão

This system allows a spatial configuration on the basement level that is adapted to the dimensions of the common areas; at street level it guarantees an unbroken view right across the inside of the building, including the activity of the Centre in the daily life of the town.


Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão


Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão


Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão
Sines Center For The Arts
© Daniel Malhão


Sines Center For The Arts
Ground Floor Plan
Sines Center For The Arts
Elevation + Section 1
Sines Center For The Arts
Elevation + Section 2


Sines Center For The Arts
Level 1 Plan
Sines Center For The Arts
Level 1 Plan
Sines Center For The Arts
Level  2 Plan

Aires Mateus and Associates
T +351 213 815650
Aires Mateus and Associates
R. Cecílio de Sousa 52, 1200-102 Lisboa, Portugal