Designer Visits Lisbon and Porto.
Designer Visits Lisbon and Porto.
Marco Martinez, a designer at Page, used his fellowship stipend to visit Portugal and study its architecture, both old and new. Here are some photos and his travel log from Porto. We'll post his full report soon.
After leaving Lisbon and arriving in Porto we toured the old city center and got acquainted with the streets in the neighborhood we were staying in. The first thing I wanted to see was the Leça Swimming Pools by Alvaro Siza. This is a project I had researched in school so I was very excited to visit. Next I made my way to another part of city for a visit of the Porto's Music Hall, Casa da Musica by Rem Koolhas. As we headed back to the old city center we explored the old rail station decorated with beautiful tiles in the interior that depicted the history of Portugal.
After leaving Lisbon and arriving in Porto we toured the old city center and got acquainted with the streets in the neighborhood we were staying in. The first thing I wanted to see was the Leça Swimming Pools by Alvaro Siza. This is a project I had researched in school so I was very excited to visit. Next I made my way to another part of city for a visit of the Porto's Music Hall, Casa da Musica by Rem Koolhas. As we headed back to the old city center we explored the old rail station decorated with beautiful tiles in the interior that depicted the history of Portugal.
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