Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal

RBD.APP- Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Rbd.app- Arquitectos

COLLABORATORS
Ana Loff Barreto, Rui Miguel Cabido, Sandro Parreir

CLIENT
General Secretariat Of The Presidency

DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM
Gaspar

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Ana Paula Pinheiro, Rui Barreiros Duarte

PROJECT COORDINATION
Rui Barreiros Duarte

PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Guerra | Fg+sg

AREA
1200 m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Lisboa, Portugal

CATEGORY
Museum, Restoration

Text description provided by architect.

The Museum is the outcome of competitions that took place in 1997 (architectural rehabilitation), in 2002 (museum program accomplishment) and in 2014 (a new rehabilitation).

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The rehabilitation of the warehouse and the carpentry of the Belém Palace took advantage of the potential of the space, introducing an appropriate scale to its new function.

The Museum configures a white box coated with Tassos marble on the floor and walls, that constitutes an anonymous homogeneous receptacle, ready to receive the pieces to expose.

Their organization frees the space, in order not to have loose display cases, referring these as a whole assembly with the walls.

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The multiplicity of points of view stems from the articulation of the different areas and of their fluidity; it structures routes and suggests sensations through environments that are created by materialities.

Pieces and by the vibrations of the surface under the changing light of the Portuguese flag’s chromatic immanence.

Also, once looking to the pieces inside the display cases, one can notice that the optic fibber allows you to see the light and not the lighting projectors.

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The rehabilitation of the Museum, to commemorate its ten years of existence, proposes a new image relative to the expository structure related with the predicted future expansion.

It was taken into account the sustainability of the project choosing the principles of reduce (quantity of materials), reuse (materials and systems), recycle (display cases) and renew (the use of materials selecting them from renewable resources without damaging the balance of the environment).

The use of existent materials and display cases with new functions and adaptations promotes the economic sustainability of the exhibition. There was a need to communicate with the public and inform them of its existence, content and activities.

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
Section

So we have created three translucent trees with interior lighting in the yard to suggest a protected path of the sun and rain, welcoming those who come from the entrance area to the Museum exhibition.



Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
Ground Floor Plan
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
First Floor Plan


Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
Site Plan
Museum of the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal
Detail