what can make a museum in the city? Looking at the skyline of several international capitals that had bet chips in the "architecture-star" the answer may be closer to a effect pop à la Jeff Koons than the impact caused by a quiet aguarelista 1900. The new MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology, an ambitious project that fused the heritage, identity, and collection of the Fundação EDP, right there next to the Museum of Electricity, fits easily in that category: the building of lines longilíneas, raised on the riverfront as a huge organic creature with scales of ceramic reflective of the light, is a work of architectural spectacular of the authorship of the british Amanda Levete (read more at the end of the text), able to reconfigure experiences of the urban. And to evaluate by the expectations generated within and out of doors, the invoice of construction is estimated to cost 19 million euros, is an investment well tuned at the moment that is lived.
"This is an important work: it introduces an architecture that is exceptional, as was the case of the House of the Music, and that was more radical than the Cultural Center of Belem when this was built. And this may be one of the reasons that lead to the visit of MAAT by a lot of people: we know that the tourism architectural works such as a increase," says Pedro Tudela, architect and essayist, who has the prestigious position of curator in the department of architecture and design MoMA – Museum of Modern Art in New York, for the challenge of driving the MAAT. And he adds: "we Can be speaking, here, of a case that comes in the tradition of the effect of [the Museum] Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. But with a building more restrained in terms of language and presence in the city." It is a meaningful comparison: the museum designed by Frank Gehry walks, since its inauguration, there are close to two decades to the mark of 20 million visitors, who renewed the cultural fabric and the economy of the region.
"The invitation to draw the MAAT came out of the blue," said Amanda Levete in a recent interview to Newsweek. British architect explained it better: "there was Not a competition. To us, it seemed fantastic that a company of public utility wanted to knock down the barriers of art and architecture. And that has been particularly special is that the EDP does not want an iconic design exhibitionist". Levete looked to the river during the design of the museum. "The project focused on reviving and shaping the margin of the river Tagus and rewire it with the city. For decades, the railway line divided the river and the city. Therefore, we started the MAAT and the power station to the historic streets of Bethlehem with a bridge that curved over the road and the tracks, bringing the visitors to the museum space." And then there was this "amazing mediterranean light" of Lisbon, which is also part of the result.
The programming of twelve hours planned for the inauguration, on the 5th, does not imply that the cranes have all been returned to the origin: it is expected that the MAAT will be completed only in march 2017. But, until then, the museum will be up and running fully, starting with four exhibitions, of which they are a part of the greatest show The World of Charles and Ray Eames, iconic designers of the TWENTIETH century, or the opening of space to the 4th Triennial of Architecture of Lisbon.
the opening of The MAAT coincides with the moment stellar lived for Lisbon: never the Portuguese capital has been so much visited, praised, quoted in rankings of all kinds. And referred to as the hub creative. Not strange in that, for the success of MAAT, Pedro gadanho has to take into account the tourists: "Is there a tourism growth, very much based on tourism, city-break, and that, contrary to what is said, is very qualified are people who have the economic capacity to do a weekend in a different city, and both can choose Istanbul or Paris as Lisbon. At this time, are choosing Lisbon, and come with a cultural baggage great: they are going to look, along with the dining experience, climate and security, an experience of museums equal to that to which they are accustomed. Is studied: the tourists that come to Lisbon devote half a day to the area of Bethlehem. It may be that, now, devote a few hours more…" because it will be difficult to ignore the MAAT, the new copy of the architecture-spectacle in the soil of lisbon.
12 hours non stop – The building opens to the public 5 October, with twelve hours of performances, concerts (with Nástio Mosquito, Dead Combo, Carminho…), guided tours, free events to take place between the 12h and the 24h
38 thousand metros2 – This is the size of the new campus on the riverside
€5 – the Price of the entrance ticket to the MAAT
1000 m2 – Pynchon Park, the artist, the French Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, it is an installation site-specific with about a thousand square meters, located in the Gallery’s Oval MAAT, and has the objective that the visitors become part of the work
€2 million – This is the value for the annual programming of MAAT, from the overall budget of €14 million of the EDP Foundation
7 – THE MAAT "will have seven times more space outside than inside," the words of António Mexia, CEO of the EDP Group
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british architect designed the new MAAT, inspired by the "amazing mediterranean light". On your next project? An underground gallery for the Museum Victoria & Albert, London
When talking about architects-the star, the female name soon thrown to the table will be that of the missing Zaha Hadid. But Amanda Levete, 60 years old, is a strong candidate to the "a To Z" of this pantheon, with the MAAT to exemplify the organic lines and futuristic by which it is recognized. Currently, his studio AL_A, has projects as diverse as the extension of the Museum Victoria & Albert, in London or a mosque in Abu Dhabi. Born in Wales, Levete trained at the Architectural Association and one of his first jobs was in the studio of the british Richard Rodgers. At 30 years old, already cofundara a own studio. His work has gained momentum to integrate, in 1989, the Future Systems, architect Czech Jan Kaplicky – his first husband (the current one is Ben Evans, director of London Design Festival) –, in which he won a Prize Stirling for the design of a media center in London. To The newspaper The Guardian said: "Not desvalorizo the power of conceptual thought, but for me the thrill of architecture is to see the ideas carried out, the struggle and the overcoming of the problems out there." To Newsweek magazine, the architect proved to be enchanted with the framing of the MAAT: "IS the light, that incredible light of the mediterranean." It was not the only thing that delighted by here: for the London Design Festival 2014, Levete has created a restaurant pop up with a showcase of Portuguese canned foods inspired by a dinner in lisbon…
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