Open House Porto.1 weekend and 42 free visits – Daily News – Lisbon

A 4 and July 5 follows the 1st edition of Open House Porto. These days you can visit 42 spaces in Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos for free

Established in London in 1992 by Victoria Thorton, the Open House is already a habitué in thirty cities around the world – London, New York, Prague among others – in Portugal, Porto is the second Portuguese city to enter the script of this international event, the first was Lisbon. Between 4 and 5 July, the architecture opens the door to those who want to enter free of charge.

A roadmap ranging from private homes to theaters, past monasteries and industrial spaces, among others. In the Open House Porto, the public is invited to create your own itinerary and explore the architecture of the city through a new look.

Pedro Bandeira, Commissioner architect of this first edition , states that this event aims to “make known to a wide audience a wide range of buildings and infrastructures, for its architectural value, its specific or privileged location function, deserve all the attention. Starting from the value associated with the contemporary architecture that produces in Porto – and have already won the Pritzker prize Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Mora -. Open House Port also favors a frameworks of historical buildings of the city “

particularity of this event that makes the experience is different from what is normal is that it is possible to visit the spaces in different ways:. free visits, visits accompanied by assistants and visits commented by authors and experts from different areas

in a co-production of architecture Triennale Lisbon with the House of architecture, a strategic partnership with the Municipalities of Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos, it is the first cultural event that brings together the association of the Atlantic front. Cooperation between the five entities, there is the opportunity to visit these 42 areas of Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos

Among the spaces are:. Burgo Tower, the House of Music, the Journal Tower News, Casa Breyner 310, the Municipal Theatre Rivoli and the Tower of 24 in Porto, the Monastery of the Pilar Serro, the Space Port Cross and the Chapel of St. Joseph in Gaia and the Boa Nova Tea House, the Matosinhos refinery, the Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões and the House of Architecture in Matosinhos. The complete list of locations and details of all buildings and times can be found here from today.