View from covered access
HOUSE OF PLANTS
Paulo David
Madeira. Portugal. 2004
The Art Center in Funchal Casa das Quiet is a building that stands out for its integration into the landscape topography which arises from a policy of creating museums with the aim of decentralizing the Portuguese culture, outside the limits of large cities.
Nestled between high mountains end abruptly at sea its limit is where lies the center consists of a sum of volumes semi-recessed into the volcanic rock and built with this same enclosing a museum playing with the full and empty.
The house stands on a silent das series of roof planes which are punctured by courtyards, ramps and paths that allow access to the building. This cover is visible from the entrance and from part of the journey.
A glassy courtyard linking program organizes all the different rooms with different dimensions. The interior has been designed as a play with contrasting light, clarooscuros games and variations on volumes that give the building an air of vernacular shelter for art.
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