Visits to the Thalia Theatre and the D. Dinis School led by architects Gonçalo Byrne and Ricardo Bak Gordon

 

At 11am, architect Gonçalo Byrne will lead a tour of the Thalia Theatre, and at 4pm, architect Ricardo Bak Gordon will lead a tour of the D. Dinis School, both in Lisbon. 

 

Aimed at all audiences, this programme offers a unique opportunity for direct and in-depth contact with some of the most significant projects in Portuguese architecture over the last 50 years. The full schedule of visits will be announced soon. 

 

Don't miss out and sign up (links below). Places are limited.

 

 

11h00

Thalia Theatre (2008-2012)   

Guided tour by architect Gonçalo Byrne

The stage for parties and operas in the 19th century, destroyed by a fire in 1862, this theatre is located next to the palace and gardens of Quinta das Laranjeiras. The reconstruction transformed it into a new space for exhibitions, conferences and events. The intervention restored the original façade, and the walls of the audience and stage were covered on the outside with terracotta-pigmented concrete, reconstructing the original volume. The ruins of the interior act as a counterpoint to the new glazed ground floor (entrance, cafeteria and services), which forms a small square and delimits the new street front. Sign up HERE.

 

 

16h00

D. Dinis Secondary School Dinis Secondary School (2007-2009) 

Guided tour by architect Ricardo Bak Gordon

The renovation of the pavilion school, the dominant type in the country, is part of the Parque Escolar programme, which began in 2007 and involved around thirty teams of architects with the aim of modernising 173 secondary schools. The intervention replaces the central courtyard with a building with an auditorium, library and work spaces. The existing buildings are unified by informal learning spaces along an accessible route - learning street - as well as by the continued use of corrugated sheet cladding, emphasising the formal contrast with the other pavilions. Sign up HERE.