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Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa
pátio interior do Teatro Thalia onde se observam as 4 cromias da sua fachada feitaa em betão armado
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Thalia Theatre

  • Original Authors:
  • Fortunato Lodi
  • (1842)

  • Interventions:
  • Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos ,
  • Barbas Lopes Arquitectos
  • (2012)

Expected occupation: LowExpected occupation: Low

This project adapts a theatre ruin for multipurpose use, with a monolithic intervention that contrasts mirrored glass with ochre concrete. Built by the Count of Farrobo in Quinta das Laranjeiras, it was designed by the same architect as the D. Maria II Theatre, which it resembles on the façade. Its frieze still bears the ironic Latin phrase “Here the customs of men are punished”. The theatre burnt down in 1862 and was rebuilt 150 years later, with a delicate yet firm gesture that preserves the traces of time, destruction and reconstruction in the material. The ruined walls serve as lost formwork for the concrete, and the interior remains almost intact. The remaining functions and infrastructure are organised in two new glass structures facing Estrada das Laranjeiras.

Address
Estrada das Laranjeiras, 211
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Public Transportation
Bus: 58B, 701, 716, 726, 731, 746, 754, 755, 758, 768
Subway: Jardim Zoológico, Laranjeiras

Typology
Civic Facilities

Accessibility
Total

Photos
Photography allowed

Saturday and Sunday 10am — 7pm (Open Visits)

By volunteer
every 30 minutes

Capacity
25

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