Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco
Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco
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.