2018-2019 / PT - Matosinhos
Exhibition design and curatorship
Client: Casa da Arquitectura
Authorship: Eduardo Souto de Moura with Nuno Graça Moura and Francesco dal Co
Graphic design: R2 Design
Collaboration: Carlos Castro
Photos: Ivo Tavares Studio (https://www.ivotavares.net)
The exhibition in the main hall is organized around a large table arranged on the longitudinal axis of the space, about 65.79m long and 3.02m wide. Study models of the projects are displayed on this table. On the side strips along the entire table, in a recess covered with glass, drawings are deposited in various notebooks, paper, cardboard, tracing paper and others, which document the projects represented by the models. About 30 cm away from the limit walls of the space, several plinths in painted mdf with wooden interior structure will be located, with presentation models of selected projects. On the walls we propose large format photos printed on paper glued on aluminum foil and placed on a wooden base about 5 cm thick. The photos refer to current phases of the projects shown in the large central table. Two new walls identical to the existing ones, in plasterboard, close the tops of the space, leaving only space for passage (emergency entrances and exits). In the lobby, a new wall (identical to the existing ones) in L and painted in red color will welcome visitors, presenting all the information related to the exhibition. In addition to the proposed solution for the main hall on the 1st floor, we also propose to occupy the exhibition gallery on the ground floor. In the exhibition gallery, accessible from the patio, we propose to include 3 tables with models of projects in progress, as well as 3 cantilever shelves with some objects, posters, music and books that are found in Souto de Moura's own office. These 3 tables and cantilever shelves will be integrated in a construction isolated from the existing walls, ensuring the necessary circulation, with boundary walls in double plasterboard painted from the inside, with cork in its entire length from 1m to 2m in height and false ceiling in plasterboard. The finishing of these walls will be painted on the inside and the finishing of the material on the outside.
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