CAA / Águeda艺术中心的设计旨在为“建筑如何适应其周边环境”提供一种设计思路，建筑师所面临的挑战是，如何在保证该艺术中心从建筑实体、文化、经济和政治等层面上完全适应其环境的前提下，将其打造为一个世界级的文化交流平台。最终，建筑师敲定了合理的设计方案，即将艺术中心设计成一个能够使其功能最大化的建筑系统。

The design of the CAA / Águeda Arts Centre responds to the challenge of creating a solution well adapted to the context (not only phisical, but also cultural, economical and political) while creating a world-class cultural platform. A rational approach to the program was translated into a system designed to maximize functionality.

▼建筑外观，exterior view

该艺术中心总面积为4500平方米，由三个动态的建筑体量构成，包含并组织了艺术中心的三大主要室内空间：可以容纳600人的礼堂、展厅区和从建筑中心位置延伸出去的音乐咖啡厅。除此之外，艺术中心还包含了如工作室、书店/商店、保护中心、管理/生产办公室等许多其他的辅助功能空间。

The building, with 4,500sqm, consists in three dynamic physical forces, which house and organize the three major valences of the indoor program – auditorium with 600 seats, exhibition hall and concert-cafe – spreading out from a central distribution core. In addition to the main program, the building also houses a studio room, bookstore/shop, conservation, administration/production, among many other support spaces.

▼艺术中心由三个建筑体量构成，the building consists in three dynamic physical forces

建筑的外部造型则是一个裸露的混凝土体量，体量完全适应地形，同时创造出一个新的公共广场，为城市生活带去便利。从视觉效果上看，艺术中心仿佛悬浮在一个透明的玻璃体量之上，吸引着人们前去参观，并逐渐深入到人们的日常生活之中。

The exterior architectural image is characterized by a volume of exposed concrete that embraces the terrain and creates a new public square that qualifies the city. The volume seems to levitate on a transparent glass mass, permeable and inviting to the public.

▼建筑的外部造型是一个混凝土体量，the exterior architectural image is characterized by a volume of exposed concrete

▼视觉效果上，艺术中心仿佛悬浮在一个透明的玻璃体量之上，the volume seems to levitate on a transparent glass mass

▼建筑创造出一个新的公共广场，为城市生活带去便利，the volume creates a new public square that qualifies the city

▼建筑入口透视，the view of entrance

CAA / Águeda艺术中心的最终形式消除了建筑物固有的人工痕迹，但同时也保留了建筑必要的与公共生活的相关性。建筑师在设计过程中兼顾了施工的实际技术，以及建筑与其周边环境的呼应。建筑本身作为文化的容器和生成者，其诗意的空间引导着游客在建筑中行走，领略艺术文化的魅力。

The architecture that formalizes the building is stripped of iconic artificiality, without losing the institutional relevance that the equipment deserves. It tries to reach a fusion between the pragmatic technique of execution and context response, and the poetical of space, which takes the visitor on a journey marked by the body built as a receptacle and generator of culture.

▼艺术中心的展厅空间，the exhibition hall

▼公共休息区，foyer

▼位于建筑中心位置的旋转楼梯，the spiral staircase at the central distribution core

▼可以容纳600人的礼堂，the auditorium with 600 seats

▼总平面图，site plan

▼一层平面，1F plan

▼二层平面，2F plan

▼三层平面，3F plan

▼四层平面，4F plan

▼立面图，Elevation

▼剖面图，section

Client: Águeda Municipality Location: Águeda, Portugal Scale: 4,500sqm Project Date: 2010 Completion Date: 2016/2017 Status: Completed