Souto De Moura + Graça Correia | Auditorium A (Reconversion of the Robinson Factory and Space)

Fuente: Graça/Ragazzi arquitectos

Fotografía: Luís Ferreira Alves, Christian Richters



The Auditorium A is one of the buildings and programs integrated on the Master Plan to reconvert the 6ha belonging to old Robinson Cork Factory, into a cultural area, today, Robinson Foundation.

One understands that to preserve the historic memory through its heritage is to feed the identity signs of a city that does not want to see its role diminished on the countries outlook. 

The Auditorium A, one of the two only new constructions, was thought with a building system and image inspired on the various existent "metal machines" - authentic sculptures that point the whole factory complex. Like those, all infrastructure and pipelines are apparent and are part of the composition of the elevations.

The Auditorium A, a new construction, performs the dual function of finishing the line of adapted constructions into the International Centre for Virtual Reality (ICT-VR) and the Auditorium B, while creating a reference on the street mainly by the opening space in front of the Tourism and Hotel School, to which implementation it suits. It is essentially an equipment to support the School also functioning together with the Auditorium B. One of the Plan’s ideas is that all infrastructures should be shared so both auditoriums are technically equipped and infrastructured appropriately to their specificities. Thus, the Auditorium A will be directed to conventional classes or using audiovisual media projection, lectures and conferences, presentations, theses, etc., being referred to the Auditorium B, the specifics needed to use almost exclusively for musical activities and representation.

This building was thought with a building system and image that refers to the configuration of the various "metal machines" - authentic sculptures that point the whole factory. Like these, the infrastructure and pipelines are apparent and are part of the composition of the elevations.

AUDITÓRIO A

Autores /Author 

Eduardo Souto de Moura e Graça Correia

Datas do Projecto/Project Date

2007

Datas da Construção/Construction date

em construção/under construction 

Localidade/Site 

Portalegre

Cliente/Client 

Fundação Robinson

Colaboradores/Colaborators

Ana P. Carvalho, Nuno Vasconcelos, Pedro Gama, Rita Breda 

Engº. Estruturas GOP - Gabinete de Organização de Projectos, Lda

Engº. Hidráulica GOP - Gabinete de Organização de Projectos, Lda

Engº. Electricidade GPIC - Gabinete de Projectos, Consultadoria e Instalações, Lda

Engº. Inst.Mecânicas GET - Gestão de Energia Térmica, Lda

Fotografias

Luís Ferreira Alves, Christian Richters

Área Útil Total

180 m2

Área do Terreno  

60 500 m2