(pt) O projeto de reabilitação da Quinta das Águas foi distinguido com o Prémio Januário Godinho, promovido pelo Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão, que reconhece intervenções exemplares na salvaguarda e valorização do património edificado.
A intervenção incidiu sobre um conjunto do século XIX e destacou-se pelo rigor construtivo, pela qualidade dos materiais e pela coerência da linguagem arquitetónica, afirmando-se sem se sobrepor ao edifício existente.
Organizado em três gestos — a reabilitação da Casa Térrea e Torre, a recuperação da Garagem de Serventia e a introdução de um novo Pavilhão de Verão — o projeto procura restabelecer a continuidade entre arquitetura, memória e paisagem, recuperando a identidade do lugar e adaptando-a a um modo de habitar contemporâneo.
(en) The rehabilitation project of Quinta das Águas was distinguished with the Januário Godinho Prize, promoted by the Municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, recognising exemplary interventions in the safeguarding and enhancement of built heritage.
The intervention focused on a 19th-century ensemble and stood out for its constructive rigour, the quality of materials and the coherence of its architectural language, establishing a clear presence without overshadowing the existing buildings.
Organized around three gestures — the rehabilitation of the Casa Térrea e Torre, the recovery of the Service Garage, and the introduction of a new Summer Pavilion — the project seeks to reestablish continuity between architecture, memory, and landscape, restoring the identity of the place while adapting it to contemporary modes of inhabitation.
Project: Quinta das Águas
Photography: @heldermoliveira
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(pt) É com satisfação que partilhamos que o projeto Museu de Vila do Bispo – O Celeiro da História foi distinguido com o Architecture MasterPrize, na categoria Cultural Architecture.
A intervenção nasce da preservação da identidade do lugar, através da reinterpretação dos antigos celeiros e da adição de um novo volume que, de forma clara e silenciosa, assume a entrada principal do conjunto. O equilíbrio entre continuidade formal, abstração cromática e a presença de um elemento em betão pigmentado inscreve o museu no território com clareza e permanência.
Este reconhecimento reforça a nossa dedicação a uma arquitetura pública atenta à memória, ao uso coletivo e à relação com a paisagem.
É um orgulho vermos este projeto distinguido ao lado de um conjunto notável de arquitetos, entre os quais felicitamos, de forma especial, Álvaro Siza.
(en) We are pleased to share that the project Vila do Bispo Museum – Barn of History has been distinguished with the Architecture MasterPrize, in the Cultural Architecture category.
The intervention emerges from the preservation of the site’s identity, through the reinterpretation of the former granaries and the addition of a new volume that, in a clear and restrained manner, establishes the main entrance to the complex. The balance between formal continuity, chromatic abstraction, and the presence of a pigmented concrete element anchors the museum within its territory with clarity and a sense of permanence.
This recognition reinforces our commitment to a form of public architecture that is attentive to memory, collective use, and its relationship with the landscape.
It is a privilege to see this project recognized alongside a remarkable group of architects, among whom we would like to extend special congratulations to Álvaro Siza.
Project: Vila do Bispo Museum
Photography: @fernandogguerra
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(pt) Casa FH - em construção.
(en) FH House - under construction.
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Vila do Bispo Museum is a cultural project by spaceworkers @spaceworkers , completed in 2024 in Vila do Bispo, Portugal. The intervention adds a new volume to a pair of existing agricultural warehouses, replicating their formal language while asserting its own identity through red-pigmented exposed concrete — a deliberate landmark in the urban and aerial landscape. The existing naves, totalling approximately 680 sqm, are neutralized in gray to frame an organic interior exhibition layout finished in black. The new volume houses technical and administrative functions, freeing the historic core entirely for exhibition. The result reads as a building that has always belonged to the place.
Photography by: @fernandogguerra
(pt) O verde não é apenas cor. É matéria, profundidade e intenção.
Estrutura o espaço e dá-lhe espessura.
Aqui, o verde não decora, constrói.
(en) Green is not just a colour. It is matter, depth, and intention.
It structures the space and gives it substance.
Here, green does not decorate, it builds.
Project: Guest House 207
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Vila do Bispo Museum by @spaceworkers balances preservation and transformation through the addition of a new volume that reinterprets the form of the existing warehouses. While the original naves are unified in neutral tones and adapted into a fluid exhibition space, the new red pigmented concrete volume houses supporting functions and establishes a bold urban landmark. Acting as the main entrance, it creates a dialogue between old and new, allowing the museum to feel both rooted in memory and distinctly contemporary.
_project: Vila do Bispo Museum
_architecture: spaceworkers
_images: Fernando Guerra
_location: Vila do Bispo, Portugal
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