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CASA DE FOZ CÔA
International Competition - not selected
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal, 2017
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"WISDOM OF LAND"
MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTS
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DOING with:
Centro Cultural de Belém,
Marina Tabassum Architects and Studio RAR
Lisbon, Portugal 2024)
Once again, materials and movements of earth in the city context, are the key words for these project. "Wisdom of land", part of Marina Tabassum Exhibition: "Materials, Movements and Architecture in Bangladesh" exhibited at Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon.
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DOING was commissioned to research on Lisbon context, current earth excavations and later to develop a recipe for a earth floor, evoking an traditional Bangladeshi courtyard made by local material.
Therefore, the earth mix was adapted to the existente local materials from Lisbon and near.
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There were 3 essencial stages to develope the project:
- Local Materials Research
-Testing and Characterizing
- Execution of "plastered" earth floor.
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MAC/Centro Cultural de Belém : Marina Tabassum Architects - "Materials, Movements and Architecture in Bangladesh"
Curator: André Tavares
Exhibition Project: RAR studio
Exhibition production: Margarida Ventura
Production and Instalation "Wisdom of the Land": DOING, Nuno Vasconcelos
Photos: Nuno Vasconcelos
Localization: Lisboa, Portugal
Duration: 2 weeks
Year: 2024
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