Pavilhão de Portugal

Pavilhão de Portugal
Pavilhão de Portugal
Main building facade
General information
Type	Civil architecture
Architectural style	Contemporary
Classification	Exhibition pavilion
Location	Parque das Nações
Town or city	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Coordinates	38°45′59.61″N 9°5′42.35″W
Completed	1998
Inaugurated	22 May 1998
Owner	University of Lisbon
Technical details
Floor count	2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Álvaro Siza Vieira
Engineer	António Segadães Tavares
Awards and prizes	Prémio Valmor
Known for	Expo '98
Portuguese National Monument
Criteria	Monument of Public Interest
Designated	2010
Reference no.	5667074

The Pavilhão de Portugal (In English The Pavilion of Portugal ) is a building located in Alameda dos Oceanos, in Parque das Nações, a civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal.^[1]

History

In the World's Fair in 1998 (Expo'98), the building was responsible for housing the Portuguese National representation at that event.

The building's entrance area is a large square covered by an imposing pre-stressed concrete canopy, which is based on the idea of a sheet of paper placed on two bricks, opening up space to the city to accommodate the various events that a space of this kind.

After Expo

After the exhibition, the building was left empty and waiting to be used.

The proposals were varied, from the reuse of the space for a Headquarters of the Council of Ministers, to the creation of an architecture museum.

In March 2015, it was announced in the press that the Portugal Pavilion would be sold, to settle part of Parque Expo's debt to the State.^[2]

In May 2015, the Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Jorge Moreira da Silva, announced that the Pavilion was definitively handed over to the University of Lisbon, which was responsible for its maintenance.

The university intends to be very active in areas such as education, scientific research, the promotion of knowledge and the transition to society of the work carried out by the University of Lisbon.^[3] The building will now have an auditorium for 600 people, exhibition rooms, offices, meeting rooms and a restaurant.

The contract for the rehabilitation and requalification of the Portugal Pavilion will take place between 2019 and 2021, with a maximum global investment of 9.3 million euros, plus value-added tax.^[4]

References

1. Bandeira, Filomena (2001). "Pavilhão de Portugal". Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico (SIPA). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
2. "Venda do Pavilhão de Portugal servirá para regularizar dívida da Parque Expo (Sale of the Portugal Pavilion will serve to settle Parque Expo's debt) In Portuguese".
3. "Pavilhão de Portugal entregue à Universidade de Lisboa(Portugal Pavilion handed to the University of Lisbon) In Portuguese".
4. "20 anos depois, o Pavilhão de Portugal vai ser requalificado (20 Years later, the Portugal Pavilion to be requalified) In Portuguese".