posts tagged ‘lisbon’
Lisbon >> Brussels
May 29th, 2009 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: aerophotography, brussels, lisbon, on-the-move
On Tuesday May 4 MovingCities flew from Lisbon to Brussels. The conditions for aerophotography were perfect; a windowseat and a morning flight. Leaving under a bright blue and open sky we flew North, with a excellent view on the 17 km Vasco da Gama Bridge, and landed hours later in a characteristically cloudy Belgium.
Fresh Portuguese Architects, Bloggers and Spatialites
May 27th, 2009 • architectures, cities, movingmemos
Tags: architecture, lisbon, urbanism
Exercícios ginásticos de espaço | Os Espacialistas
During our stay in Lisbon we enountered occasionally and for several reasons Portuguese architects representing a new and diverse generation. They, to say the least, explore a wide range of spatial interventions, in the world and on the web. An introduction to the work of EMBAIXADA Arquitectura, Weltraum Architekten, Os Espacialistas, ateliermob, Sami Arquitectos and Pedro Gadanho. read more »
Lisbon snapshots | part V
May 26th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: lisbon, urbanism
Deserted shipyard along the Southern shore of the Lisbon Tagus estuary | May 1, 2009
Our final set of Lisbon snapshots deals with the second half of our May 1 Lisnave expedition. Continuing to explore the Southern shore of the Lisbon Tagus estuary, we ran into deserted shipyards and collapsed warehouses.
Lisbon snapshots | part IV
May 25th, 2009 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos
Tags: lisbon, urbanism
Lisnave shipyard | May 1, 2009
After weeks of wandering aimlessly around in Lisbon, MovingCities met up on May 1 with the architects Paulo Goinhas & Cristina Mendonça (EMBAIXADA Arquitectura) and Simon Troufa Real. Our destination was the abandoned Lisnave shipyard located in Almada, along the Southern border of Lisbon’s Tagus estuary.
Lisbon snapshots | part III
May 20th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: lisbon, urbanism
Lisbon | May 4, 2009
During our second week of Lisbon explorations we ended up in suburbia. And on the summits, the so-called Miradouro’s, of some of the 7 hills. Oftentimes near the end of the evening. Some snapshots from the suburbs of Algueirão and Mem Martins and views from the Miradouro de Santa Catarina, Miradouro da Graça and Miradouro da Nossa Senhora do Monte.
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Lisbon snapshots | part II
May 19th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: lisbon, urbanism
Lisbon | April 22, 2009
More pictures resulting from circumstantial movements through Lisbon, while ascending and descending the hills and overlooking the city. A continuation of “7 Hills“-project which was presented and developed, in pre-MovingCities times, for the UIA2005 Congress in Istanbul:
Lisbon snapshots | part I
May 18th, 2009 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos
Tags: lisbon, urbanism
Lisbon | April 21, 2009
Following up on earlier visits to Lisbon, a series of new urban snapshots. Pictures that are the outcome of a leisurely and seemingly detached relation with all things urban. While being disconnected from any form of work, research or commission, we moved without purpose and halted at those spots where crowds gathered, voids were taking over the urban body and on roads leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
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