" the Platform for Arts and Creativity is a project based on an infrastructure that has transformed the Old Open Market Area of Guimarães into a multifunctional space dedicated to artistic, cultural and social-economic activity.
This multipurpose space is dedicated to arts and various creative endeavours and it kicks off with an exhibition by Portuguese painter José de Guimarães, with pieces from his private collection of pre-Colombian, African and Chinese art.
Pitágoras Arquitectos is an architectural firm based in Portugal with 20 years of experience. It’s growing team is now made up of 14 people, led by its four senior architectural partners, Fernando Seara de Sá, Raul Roque Figueiredo, Alexandre Coelho Lima and Manuel Vilhena Roque.
In collaboration with external partners, it creates an overall multidisciplinary team that embraces every comission, local or international, large or small, to meet client expectatons and desires, always founded on strong architectural principles and ethics.
An interdisciplinary practice that works all architectural fields: from interior design to urban planning, including residential, health and equipment for both the private and public sector, developing projects from concept design through to tender packages and field management.
Over the years, Pitágoras Arquitectos have created a strong and solid body of work, which has been recognised through accumulated awards and publication of various buildings."
Location: Guimarães, PortugalArchitects: Pitagoras Arquitectos Project: Platform of Arts and CreativityPitágorasArquitectos: Fernando Seara de Sá, Arq., Raul RoqueFigueiredo, Arq., Alexandre Coelho Lima, Arq., Manuel LuísVilhenaRoque, Arq.Collaborators: João Couto, Arq., Marlene Sousa, Arq., Carla Guimarães, Arq., João Carvalho, Arq., Fernando Torres, Arq., Mariana Santos, Arq., André Malheiro, Arq., Francisco Oliveira, Des., Hélio Pinto, Des.Foundations and Structures: Projegui, Lda., AntónioMonteiro Castro, Eng. Civil, Marco Beleza Vieira, Eng. Civil, Carlos Dias, Eng.Landscape: PitágorasArquitectos, Jorge Maia, Arq. PaisagistaPhotography: Joao Morgado – Architectural Photography source: Pitagoras Arquitectos