Casa da Arquitectura
Open Visits
Regular Visits
Saturday: 11h, 11h30, 12h, 12h30
Sunday: 11h, 11h30, 12h, 12h30
(Português) Ponto de Encontro: Estação Alta, Jardim do Morro
Tours
Saturday: 10h30
Sunday: 10h30
Menos é Mais Arquitectos
Maximum 10 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
(Português) AVISO: A participação nas visitas regulares não inclui a deslocação gratuita no teleférico. Apenas as visitas comentadas pelos autores, sábado e domingo às 10h30, incluirão deslocação gratuita, até ao limite de 10 pessoas por visita. Ponto de Encontro: Estação Alta, Jardim do Morro
Description
Conceived with tourism in mind, the Vila Nova de Gaia aerial tramway is an infrastructure that connects the riverside quota of the Port Wine Cellars to the highest quota of the city, near the upper lane of the D. Luís I Bridge and the access to the Monastery of Serra do Pilar. Designed by the office Menos é Mais (that belongs to architects Cristina Guedes and Francisco Vieira de Campos), the aerial tramway has a station below covered in metallic strips that favours a technologic transparency and an upper station in reinforced concrete that leans over the cliff with a relatively domestic scale. In this station, a group of ramps and terraces evoke a “promenade architecturale” with the Porto landscape as scenery. A set of oculus “carved” in the concrete prepares you for a refined game, rare in infrastructures with highly demanding functions.
Location
Rua Rocha Leão
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 900, 901, 904, 905, 906
Subway: Line D, Jardim do Mouro