António Costa Lima Arquitectos designed a residential building next to Lisbon’s Águas Livres Aqueduct, an infrastructure built since 1732 to provide the city with drinking water. After the demolition of the pre-existing warehouse, By the Aqueduct project uncovers the Galeria da Esperança, a section of the historic aqueduct, now a monument to be preserved because of the numerous constructions above it.
The six-storey building is defined by a cream-coloured façade that seems to dematerialise as it proceeds westwards: on this side the cladding leaves space for the metal structure, which interrupts the regularity of the east part and creates a series of open terraces overlooking the city, just above the aqueduct. The interiors develop along a corridor that separates living room and bedrooms from restrooms, offering spaces covered with wood and sliding panels.
A residential building in Lisbon safeguards a historic aqueduct
The project by António Costa Lima Arquitectos is defined by a façade that seems to dissolve on the west corner, revealing the internal structure and gently opening towards the city.
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- Francesca Grillo
- 09 December 2020
- Travessa do Noronha, Príncipe Real, Lisbon, Portugal
- António Costa Lima Arquitectos
- Residential building
- 2019
- By the Aqueduct
- Travessa do Noronha, Príncipe Real, Lisbon, Portugal
- Residential building
- António Costa Lima Arquitectos
- André Ribeiro, André Pinto da Cunha, João Ribeiro de Almeida, Marton Komovus, Hugo Lopes Martins, Francisco Duarte Ferreira, Bernardo Lino
- 2019
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