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- Architects: Miguel Marcelino
- Location: R. Aceiro dos Arraiados, 2955 Pinhal Novo, Portugal
- Architect In Charge: Miguel Marcelino
- Area: 1.04 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Courtesy of Miguel Marcelino
- Structural Engineering: João Esteves
- Plumbing Engineering: José Rodrigues
- Electrical Engineering: Miguel Julião
- Mechanical Engineering: Mário Silva
- Landscape Design: Viviana Rodrigues + Miguel Marcelino
- General Contractor: Magnokbilding
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Plan
From the architect. The museum consists of a completely closed, opaque and abstract box. Just the main façade has a concavity that marks the entrance of the building. It houses a private colection of mechanical music boxes.
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The organization is cruciform, around a central patio, that distributes to the buildings four sides. In one side there is the lobby, that works as a vertical distribution space, and to the other sides are three galleries of varying sizes. The transition between each of these four spaces is done through four antechambers.
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The result is a box that seen outside looks very elementary, but whose interior dismantle this simplicity: exploring long diagonal perspectives that open as spaces are crossed – letting us see glimpses of galleries in a game of spatial seduction that seeks to maintain the curiosity of the visitor from the beginning to the end of the visit.
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Section
Sig Nordal 