{"id":24522,"date":"2016-03-04T18:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/maat-museum-of-art-architecture-and-technology-2\/"},"modified":"2016-03-04T18:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:57:18","slug":"maat-museum-of-art-architecture-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/maat-museum-of-art-architecture-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAAT<\/strong>, is the new Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology<\/strong> for Lisbon that will open on the 4-5 of October 2016. The new museum will be located on the banks of the river Tagus and become the centrepiece of one of the Portuguese capital\u2019s most popular cultural areas, the historic riverside district of Bel\u00e9m. The museum designed by \u00a0AL_A<\/a>, the internationally renowned architecture practice headed by Amanda Levete, will focus on contemporary culture through a combination of visual arts and media, architecture and city, technology and science, society and thought.<\/p>\n

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cinema on the roof – image by AL_A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pedro Gadanho, Director of MAAT said: “In conjunction with the existing Central Tejo power station, the new MAAT will offer a unique venue exploring the contemporary intersections of art, architecture and technology through exhibitions and programs intended for a wide audience.” <\/em><\/p>\n

The museum will repurpose an early 20th-century power station building alongside the new kunsthall designed by AL_A. The museum will host permanent science and electricity exhibits in the former power station, with a wide-ranging programme of temporary exhibitions taking place in the kunsthall.\u00a0With its unique heritage, an expanding Portuguese art collection, and an innovative exhibition programme, the\u00a0\u00a0EDP Foundation<\/a> \u2019s new museum will be a place for discovery, critical thinking, and international dialogue. The first exhibition will be UTOPIA\/DYSTOPIA, PART 1: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.<\/p>\n

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MAAT gallery – image by AL_A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new MAAT kunsthall building, will create exhibition spaces beneath a gracefully undulating roof, conceived to create new public space above the galleries. The project will renew access to the Bel\u00e9m waterfront from the city and consolidate the wider publicly-funded urban regeneration of the quarter. Incorporating over 7,000m\u00b2 of new public space, the kunsthall will explore the convergence of architecture, technology and contemporary art as a field of cultural practice. It will accommodate a trans-disciplinary programme of exhibitions, public events and community engagement. As a new discursive space for the city, it will lead the conversation about the evolution of Lisbon and Portugal.
\nAL_A\u2019s response exploits the natural assets of the waterfront site, framing an architectural narrative that is sensitive to both its cultural heritage and the future of the city. Inspired by Lisbon\u2019s rich material heritage, cal\u00e7ada-tile pavements are subtly reinterpreted underfoot and used to merge the new public spaces with the existing texture of the city street. Building on Portugal\u2019s rich tradition of ceramics, 3D tiles articulate the fa\u00e7ade and produce a complex surface that gives readings of water, light and shadow, capturing and magnifying the tonal light qualities of this site.<\/p>\n