ARQUIPELAGO, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER IN AZORES

"Arquipelago" is the rehab of an old factory in a cultural art center with a concert hall. Located in Ribeira Grande (island of Sao Miguel in Azores / Portugal ) the new space is a platform to promote art & culture in the island. A sober and beautiful project designed by the atelier Menos é Mais arquitectos in collaboration with the architect Joao Mendes Ribeiro and nominated for the prize "Prémios Construir 2015".  Now the volcanic stone ( existent building) faces the abstract new building in concrete. 

Arquipélago : Centro de Artes Contemporâneas dos Açores /  Arquipelago : Azores contemporary art center

project info:

competition: 2007 (1st prize)

project: 2007-2010

construction: 2011- 2014

client: regional directorate of culture (drac) of the regional government of the azores

location: ribeira grande, são miguel, azores, portugal

area: 12.914 sqm (9.736 sqm buildings + 3.178 sqm exterior arrangement)

architecture

architects: menos é mais arquitectos associados, lda. +  joão mendes ribeiro arquitecto lda. 

authors: francisco vieira de campos, cristina guedes, joão mendes ribeiro

project managers: adalgisa lopes, jorge teixeira dias, inês mesquita, filipe catarino 

project team (menos é mais arquitectos associados, lda.): cristina maximino, joão pontes, luís campos, ana leite fernandes, mariana sendas, pedro costa, inês ferreira, joão fernandes

project team (joão mendes ribeiro arquitecto, lda.): catarina fortuna, ana cerqueira, ana rita martins, antónio ferreira da silva, cláudia santos, joana figueiredo, joão branco

image post-production/competition: diogo laje, óscar ribas, ricardo cardoso (estúdio goma)

engineering

structural engineer: hipólito sousa, jerónimo botelho, pedro pinto (SOPSEC,SA)

hydraulic installations: diogo leite, filipe freitas, jorge rocha (SOPSEC,SA)

electrical installations: raul serafim, hélder ferreira (raul serafim & associados, lda)

security measures and fire consulting: maria da luz santiago (raul serafim & associados, lda)

mechanical installations: raul bessa, ricardo carreto (GET, lda.)

gas installations: josé pinto (SOPSEC,SA)

specialist / consulting

programming consulting: elisa babo (quaternaire), miguel von haff pérez, marta almeida

conservation and restoration consulting: gabriella casella (cariátides)

acoustic consulting: rui calejo, eduarda silva, filomena macedo (SOPSEC,SA)

thermal consulting: andré apolinário (SOPSEC,SA)

stage mechanics consulting: joão aidos

landscaping: ana barroco, rui figueiredo (quaternaire)

constructor: consórcio somague, marques s.a. e tecnovia.

supervising: pedro câmara (eng. tavares vieira, lda.)

photography: josé campos

© menos é mais arquitectos / josé campos photography