MONTIJO MUNICIPAL GALLERY’S GARDEN
In response to the problem of accessibility to the Montijo Municipal Gallery building, the introduction of a lift in a 19th
century building in the heart of the city center was the starting point for the construction of this small public work, an 80 m2
garden.
The project takes advantage of a portion of land adjacent to the gallery building and proposes the construction of a contained
garden, a kind of ‘hortus conclusus’, in two outdoor ‘rooms’ of different altimetries capable of offering spaces for mental
relaxation in an atmosphere that is both public and highly intimate.
The relationship that is established between the garden and the city provokes a sense of curiosity, only allowing a glimpse
of each other through a metal railing placed at the apex of the building. The walls, plastered with a slightly sandy cement
mortar, give cohesion to the space, allowing the values of scale, proportion, light and shadow to stand out.
CREDITS
Architecture. Bak Gordon Arquitectos + RM Arquitectura
Architecture Coordination. Daniela Cunha
Collaboration. Marianna Angelucci, Pietro Dardano
Consultants. Valeng (Fundações e Estruturas), Vertente Rabisco (Instalações Hidráulicas), CPX (Instalações Elétricas), FC-
AP (Paisagismo)
