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Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco

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O local<br />

The place<br />

Ao procurar transformar a <strong>Quinta</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>São</strong><br />

<strong>Francisco</strong> no seu retiro, Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães<br />

Lima transpôs a sua i<strong>de</strong>ologia para a<br />

arquitectura <strong>da</strong> c<strong>as</strong>a <strong>da</strong> família. A organização<br />

do espaço reflecte não só a concepção<br />

franciscana <strong>da</strong> existência, seguindo os<br />

propósitos <strong>de</strong> uma vi<strong>da</strong> simples, pobre e em<br />

respeito com a natureza, como outro tipo <strong>de</strong><br />

influênci<strong>as</strong>. É o c<strong>as</strong>o do movimento Arts &<br />

Crafts, corrente <strong>de</strong> pensamento inglesa do final<br />

do século XIX que propunha o artesanato criativo<br />

como alternativa à mecanização e à produção<br />

em m<strong>as</strong>sa.<br />

A entra<strong>da</strong> simples <strong>de</strong> uma c<strong>as</strong>a vira<strong>da</strong> para a Natureza.<br />

The simple entrance to a Nature-oriented house.<br />

Com traços muito simples e o recurso<br />

a materiais pobres como o adobe e aos tons<br />

discretos do ocre, o edifício amarelo tem a<br />

facha<strong>da</strong> vira<strong>da</strong> não para a rua m<strong>as</strong> para a mata,<br />

numa concepção franciscana <strong>da</strong> arquitectura.<br />

Um facto revelado ain<strong>da</strong> no fóssil <strong>de</strong> amonite<br />

In seeking to convert <strong>Quinta</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>São</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> into<br />

his refuge, Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima transposed<br />

his i<strong>de</strong>ology into the family house’s architecture.<br />

The spatial organisation reflects not only the<br />

Franciscan concept of existence, b<strong>as</strong>ed on leading<br />

a simple and poor life, with respect for nature,<br />

but also other influences. One such influence w<strong>as</strong><br />

the Arts & Crafts Movement, an English aesthetic<br />

movement in the late 19 th century, which<br />

recommen<strong>de</strong>d creative arts and crafts <strong>as</strong> an<br />

alternative to machine-ma<strong>de</strong> production and<br />

m<strong>as</strong>s production.<br />

With very simple features and using poor<br />

materials, such <strong>as</strong> adobe and discreet ochre<br />

tones, the yellow building’s faça<strong>de</strong> instead of<br />

facing the street faces the woods, in line with<br />

a Franciscan architectural concept, further<br />

emph<strong>as</strong>ised by the ammonite fossil inserted over<br />

the entrance door. Once insi<strong>de</strong>, it is e<strong>as</strong>y<br />

to un<strong>de</strong>rstand that, abiding with the i<strong>de</strong>als<br />

of oneness with nature, the eyes always fall onto<br />

the green of the trees, be it from the small<br />

veran<strong>da</strong> on top of the entrance, the enclosed<br />

gallery or the office of Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima.

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