Galeria Vasco da Gama 26

Old meets new without losing its edge

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What is today Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 was a long-abandoned historic building in the Portuguese town center of Ferragudo. The rehabilitation of this untouched historical property, with its facade and character still unspoiled, was long coming for our studio, which had envisioned the concept since setting our eyes on it in 2004.

AWARDS AND FEATURES:
Architecture Masterprize winner Architectural Design of the year 2021 in the Restoration/Renovation category.
Longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2020
Featured on Architizer, 2020

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - art gallery main entrance design in black and white

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - Ferragudo art gallery entrance at night

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - sunset panorama of Ferragudo from the art gallery roof terrace

This wasn’t for us just any restoration work

but the opportunity to create

simultaneously home and a multipurpose space

for the community to enjoy

A venue for tourists and residents alike to discover the architecture, the history and the people of this little town according to the spirit of cultural preservation that has always guided our work.

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - custom-made timber staircase and floor

With the loft on the top floor

The ground floor which was

originally reachable by water

and was used to repair boats

was designed to host an art gallery

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - timber floor and roof with interior architecture element

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - reflection of a woman through an interior window

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - a woman wearing in black standing inside an art gallery

Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - micro cement floor with white walls and wood white structure

And it was the life and destiny of the local community that we wanted to celebrate with the photographic show that inaugurated the newly refurbished space in 2018. An exhibition entirely dedicated to the many fishermen who, like so many others before them, are the bloodline who kept this tiny village alive.

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