Alfragide Towers | |
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General information | |
Type | Residential flats |
Architectural style | Brutalism |
Location | Amadora, Portugal |
Coordinates | 38°43′59.1708″N 9°13′4.71″W / 38.733103000°N 9.2179750°W |
Construction started | 1968 |
Completed | 1974 |
Technical details | |
Material | Reinforced concrete |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Conceição Silva and Tomás Taveira |
The Alfragide Towers ( Portuguese: Torres de Alfragide) are a set of residential buildings in Alfragide, Amadora, Portugal. The complex consists of three residential towers and a shopping centre at ground level, connecting the three buildings. It also contains an underground car park and a complex of swimming pools, currently unused. It is an example of brutalism-influenced architecture. [1]
The three residential towers have different heights, ranging from 10 to 15 floors. Each tower's footprint is similar to a four-leaf clover, with a central services core featuring stairs, elevators and garbage chutes, and four "subtowers" stemming from the core. The apartments feature different layouts, including single-storey flats and two-storey maisonettes.
The two-storey shopping centre at ground level features shops, cafés, and offices. Until the late 1980s it also featured a cinema, currently closed.
Tomás Taveira was the main architect responsible for the project, while working at Conceição Silva's architectural practice. [2] He cites James Stirling as his main influence for this project, especially the University of Leicester's Engineering Building. [3] The project also shares similarities with Alison and Peter Smithson's Robin Hood Gardens estate and Denys Lasdun's Keeling House. [4]
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