Places
Miguel Veiga Ferreira, Joaquim Portela, Joaquim Portela, Miguel Veiga Ferreira, Biblioteca de Arte Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Mário Novais
Open Visits
Tours
Sáb 16h, 17h, 18h, 19h, Rui Guerra (Musicians Cultural Association STOP Commercial Centre) and Arch. João Paulo Rapagão
Themes
Maximum 30 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Photography allowed
Description
CCSTOP holds significant cultural value for the municipality of Porto, as it stands as an undeniable symbol of the city’s music scene, regarded as one of the most distinctive examples of musical production and dynamism in Europe. This building, eroded by time which has failed to revitalise it, is understood as the product of a range of disparate factors, both material and immaterial: the resilient capacity of an architecture whose modern formal essence has been transformed from a petrol station into a shopping centre, which is now, in turn, being recast as a cultural hub – a civilisational process and project that is still taking shape.
The functional transformation that the building has undergone is contextualised within the conceptual genesis of its modern ‘open-plan’ architecture, which allowed the space to be appropriated in an unusual, symbiotic relationship – first between the car park and retail, and subsequently with the creative output of musicians – an immateriality that has become interwoven with the materiality of the shopping centre.
Porto Municipal City Council – Call for Applications: Classification as a Monument of Municipal Interest
Location
Rua do Heroísmo, 329
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linhas A, B, C, E e F - Heroísmo
Bus: STCP 207, 400