Places
Jorge Gigante, Nuno Grande
Regular Visits
Visits in English
Tours
Sat 14h, 15h, Arch. Vincenzo Rizo / Sun 10h, 11h, Arch. André Fernandes, 14h, 15h, João Francisco Sousa
Plus Program
Themes
Maximum 25 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Photography allowed
Description
The cooperative’s headquarters was designed by the architect Álvaro Siza in 1959 and opened in 1963.
The use of a concrete structure allowed for a free-flowing spatial design, the architecture of which reflected a multi-sectoral organisational logic, in keeping with the cooperative’s various activities: consumer services, services, culture and recreation. From the early 1990s onwards, the upper floors, dedicated to social and cultural activities, were kept closed.
Amidst the successive layers of occupation and the spaces that remain in limbo, the building retains its original purpose. Within this balance, the void emerges as a reservoir of possibilities, a space of memory and projection, open to new forms of interpretation and reinterpretation. It is in this context that, in January 2026, a group of cooperative members organised themselves to ensure the continuity of self-service retail activity and to revive, through revitalisation, the social, cultural and community vocation embedded in the architecture of this complex.
Board of the Lordelo do Ouro Cooperative
Location
Rua Professor Augusto Nobre, 193
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Metrobus
Bus: STCP 209