A Contemporary Arts Center In Portugal

Linking the main street to the sea, the center includes an exhibition area, library and documentation room as well as a space used as a cinema and theater. Inside, the volume expands into four different modules on the first floor, divided by patios. Speaking of the concept behind the building’s design, the architects say: “The wide-raging program calls for the whole plot to be occupied, enveloping the street below mean ground level and adapting its exterior volumetry to the monumental scale of the castle walls.”