PRESS DOSSIER - Fundació Mies van der Rohe
PRESS DOSSIER - Fundació Mies van der Rohe
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Sines Arts Centre<br />
Centro de Artes de Sines<br />
Sines, Portugal<br />
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture<br />
<strong>Mies</strong> <strong>van</strong> <strong>der</strong> <strong>Rohe</strong> Award 2007<br />
Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus<br />
Aires Mateus e Associados<br />
The Art Centre is situated at the start of the main street linking the town of Sines to the sea and<br />
marking the traditional entrance to the historic nucleus. The wide-raging programme - including<br />
exhibition rooms, a library, theatre and a documentation centre - calls for the whole site to be<br />
occupied, enveloping the street below ground level and adapting its exterior volume to the<br />
monumental scale of the castle walls. The four modules are set out on the upper floors in parallel<br />
bands interspersed with patios. The decks were hung from a bridge-like structure supported on the<br />
perimetral walls alone. This system allows a spatial configuration on the basement level that is<br />
adapted to the dimensions of the common areas and at street level it guarantees an unbroken view<br />
across the inside of the building, thereby including its activities in the daily life of the town.<br />
1988 Office of Aires Mateus & Associados established in Lisbon<br />
http://www.airesmateus.com<br />
Manuel Aires Mateus<br />
1963 Born in Lisbon<br />
1986 Diploma in Architecture, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL)<br />
1986-98 Professor, FAUTL<br />
Since 1997 Professor, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa<br />
Since 1998 Professor, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL)<br />
2001-06 Visiting Professor, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (AAM)<br />
2002-06 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, Cambridge<br />
2005 Visiting Professor, Fakulteta za Arhitekturo, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana<br />
Francisco Aires Mateus<br />
1964 Born in Lisbon<br />
1987 Diploma in Architecture, FAUTL<br />
1998-06 Professor, UAL<br />
2001-06 Visiting Professor, AAM<br />
2002-04 Visiting Professor, GSD<br />
Major Works<br />
2002 Commercial Centre Carmen Frova, Venice<br />
2003 New Lisbon Central Library<br />
2003 Hotel and Apartment Buildings, Dublin<br />
2005 Hotel and Housing Facilities, Óbidos, Portugal<br />
2006 Aquapura Touristic Resort, Otsevo, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)<br />
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