João Messias
Open Visits
Regular Visits
Tours
Saturday: 10h, 15h30
Sunday: 10h, 15h30
Saturday 10h, 15h30 and Sunday 10h | Casa da Música Tour Guides Sunday 15h30 | Jorge Carvalho
Maximum 25 people per visit
Reservation required
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Opened ten years ago, Casa da Música, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas (OMA), got the city in every magazine and newspaper in the world. Its meteoric and autonomous shape was presented as a manifest, more ironic than arrogant, against the idea of contextualization. Even so, the building was immediately adopted by the city, and its public space by skaters. More coherent than other Koolhaas works, the volumetric of the building structures itself around its two main rooms. The accesses and staircases, somewhat labyrinthine in concrete and aluminium-like tone, end up regulating the exceptionally colourful small spaces that remained. If you already know the VIP room or the terrace, then visit the rehearsal and dressing rooms.
Location
Av. da Boavista, 604-610
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 201, 202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 303, 402, 501, 502, 503, 504, 507, 601, 803, 902, 903
Subway: Lines A, B, C, E, F, Casa da Música