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/// DESIGN TROTTER / Lisbon  —  Portugal                                                                                                                                                                    Lisbon  —  Portugal / DESIGN TROTTER ///










                                                                                                                                                                                              AT A GALLOP
                                                                                                                                                                                              In the heart of the Belém district in Lisbon,
                                                                                                                                                                                              Portugal, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, MMBB,
                                                                                                                                                                                              Afaconsult and Ricardo Bak Gordon – winner
                                                                                                                                                                                              of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                              Prize in 2006 – have established a daring
                                                                                                                                                                                              architectural dialog between old and new.
                                                                                                                                                                                              The National Coach Museum seems to be
                                                                                                                                                                                              spread across two eras: a first Neo-classical
                                                                                                                                                                                              building constructed in 1787, stands opposite
                                                                                                                                                                                              a second, resolutely contemporary one,
                                                                                                                                                                                              inaugurated more than two centuries later.


                                                                                                                                                                                              To provide an experience worthy of the 74 coaches
                                                                                                                                                                                              it contains, the museum – inaugurated in 1905 and
                                                                                                                                                                                              housed in the old Royal Riding School – had no choice
                                                                                                                                                                                               but to expand. The new building has a hall with a vast
                                                                                                                                                                                                nave linked to an annex via an impressive viaduct.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The sleek ensemble comprises rectilinear walls,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    sparsely pierced by banks of light. The sublime
                                                                                                                                                                                                     coaches are exhibited to visitors like paintings
                                                                                                                                                                                                       against  a  white  background,  highlighting
                                                                                                                                                                                                        their marvelous attributes. This modern
                Museum                                                                                                                                                                                    architecture blends perfectly with the
                                                                                                                                                                                                            traditional decoration of Azulejo tiles
    22                                                                                                                                                                                                       across the Afonso de Albuquerque     23
                     PIECES                                                                                                                                                                                    Square.  A  work  legitimately
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 awarded the Prix International
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  des Critiques d’Architecture

                                  NATIONAL COACH MUSEUM                                                                                                                                                             in 2015.
                                  LISBON (PORTUGAL)
                                  PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA, MMBB, BAK GORDON ARQUITECTOS,
                                  AFACONSULT






















                   DELABIE products installed:
                   BINOPTIC electronic basin tap (Ref. 378015)
                   Pre-rinse set with mixer and telescopic spout (Ref. G6632)
                   and other ranges of accessories
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