The Trinity College
The Trinity College
Aires Mateus
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Portugal
TYPE
Educational › University
The project starts with the consideration of heritage and historical values.
We differentiate between the "eternal" value of the project´s masses: the compression of the great walls and domes, and the "ephemeral" character of the old structures: constructive systems traditionally made of wood.
The project was developed following this understanding of passing time, preserving the value of the "eternal" and proposing a new "ephemeral".
A structure made of steel, separate and flooded with light, suggests a new contemporaneity.
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Aires Mateus and Associates
R. Cecílio de Sousa 52, 1200-102 Lisboa, Portugal