Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2024

jazi­­go-per­­ma­­ne­n­­ce-of-memo­­ry / Portugal

Pau­lo Durão

Pro­get­ti­sta Pau­lo Durão
Loca­tion Gole­gã
Nazio­ne Por­tu­gal
Desi­gn Team

Pau­lo Durão
Inês Belmarço
Inês Oliveira
João Dias
João Antunes
Mar­ta Santos
Anno 2020
Cre­di­ti Fotografici

pho­to 1 exter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3730_emontenegro
pho­to 2 exter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3727_emontenegro
pho­to 3 exter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3832_emontenegro
pho­to 4 exter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3749_emontenegro
pho­to 5 exter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3862_emontenegro
pho­to 1 inter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3843_emontenegro
pho­to 2 inter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3845_emontenegro
pho­to 3 inter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3695_emontenegro
pho­to 4 inter­nal — 2020_Jazigo_Phyd-3827_emontenegro
pho­to 5 inter­nal — DSC_2990_A3_phydarquitectura

Foto ester­ni

Descri­zio­ne del progetto

Whi­le exer­ci­sing the prac­ti­ce of archi­tec­tu­re, we often resort to memo­ries we’ve lived throu­gh. Memo­ries that, when con­fron­ted with cer­tain cir­cum­stan­ces, help build our ima­gi­na­tion in a way that resul­ts in the com­po­si­tion of a cer­tain spa­tia­li­ty of form and matter.
The desi­gning of a tomb is a sin­gu­lar pro­po­si­tion, con­tai­ning in itself a glos­sa­ry of ima­ges refer­ring to the memo­ry of life and to the crea­tion of a spa­ce that, by its own natu­re, is able to bear the weight of that memo­ry. Being born, gro­wing up, and dying; the linear sequen­ce of human time. Season’s chan­ges and the caden­ce of natu­ral even­ts, the­se are the cycles regard­less of which this spa­ce must remain. Part of eter­nal time in its immo­bi­li­ty, the tomb, con­tai­ning life’s memo­ry, is its permanence.
The chal­len­ge belies the que­stion: what does it mean to cry­stal­li­ze a memo­ry in time, to remain? In histo­ry, fune­ral archi­tec­tu­re has taken on a pro­mi­nent role sin­ce anti­qui­ty, a fact to which the enig­ma of death will cer­tain­ly not be alien. Howe­ver, despi­te the fasci­na­tion that meta­phy­sics may have in archi­tec­tu­re, the con­cre­te reflec­tions of the act of desi­gning are alto­ge­ther more prosaic.
The pro­ject begins with a block of lioz sto­ne mea­su­ring 3x2x1,20m, from which 87 pie­ces are indi­vi­dual­ly desi­gned. The enti­re con­struc­tion system is deve­lo­ped, like a puzz­le, from the­se pie­ces. Kee­ping in mind the goal of obtai­ning maxi­mum effi­cien­cy, the system’s pre­ci­sion is down to the meti­cu­lous desi­gning of each fit­ting, notch and joint, with rigo­rous mea­su­re­men­ts and care­ful­ly thought-out transitions.
The discer­ning use of avai­la­ble mat­ter is what bege­ts the final result: the sto­ne that, in a way, is brea­thed into life by pas­sing from block to human form. An alter­na­tion of form that comes to rest throu­ghout the ages in a suc­ces­si­ve relea­se of ero­sion and wear.

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