Porto's Subway Through The Lens of Fernando Guerra
The following photo set by Fernando Guerra focuses on Porto's Subway, a project completed in 1996 and projected by the important Portuguese Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The following photo set by Fernando Guerra focuses on Porto's Subway, a project completed in 1996 and projected by the important Portuguese Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.Designing a subway station in Porto is about influencing the daily lives of thousands of people, where they daily circulate, establishing flows and routes, in a urbanistic and architectural intervention with large-scale dimensions. Although it demands an extremely functional and austere design, it is possible to see the gestures of the architect through the details and surprises.
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The tunnels launched under the mesh of the city, the gallery, and the platform under the sidewalk level, arise through scales and artificial light.A symbol of contemporary architecture in Portugal, Siza supports the project in a set of elements that make reference to his previous works, through elements that seem to cleanse the excesses of space, retaining only what is essential.
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Symmetry, white concrete walls, pastel tones tiles applied to the lateral gables and pillars, and peripheral illumination are some of the el...
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The following photo set by Fernando Guerra focuses on Porto's Subway, a project completed in 1996 and projected by the important Portuguese Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.Designing a subway station in Porto is about influencing the daily lives of thousands of people, where they daily circulate, establishing flows and routes, in a urbanistic and architectural intervention with large-scale dimensions. Although it demands an extremely functional and austere design, it is possible to see the gestures of the architect through the details and surprises.
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The tunnels launched under the mesh of the city, the gallery, and the platform under the sidewalk level, arise through scales and artificial light.A symbol of contemporary architecture in Portugal, Siza supports the project in a set of elements that make reference to his previous works, through elements that seem to cleanse the excesses of space, retaining only what is essential.
Porto Subway. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Symmetry, white concrete walls, pastel tones tiles applied to the lateral gables and pillars, and peripheral illumination are some of the el...
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