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Landscape in Movement - Rythm, Seriality and Transversality as a form of Infrastructural Integration in A5
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The Highway Experience - The Green Structure, The Visual Perception and The Existing Land Geometry
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The Four Ways of Strategic Action - The A5 as a Square, the Periphery as a Center of Activity, the Re-sewing of the territory and the Valley as identity
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Linear sequences can create visual interest and variety for a moving observer. The new Cascais complex stands out from the surrounding area with its quadrangular shape and integration with the road junction.
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The symbol redefines the space around a road node to create a public square instead of a barrier. Access ramps are integrated into the design as a structural element.
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The building's structure features a contrast between the heavy reinforced concrete supports and the lightness of the steel building. These two distinct realities complement each other when interacting in the same space.
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New areas built along A5 act as reference points and generate attraction. The symbology of the landmark responds to criticism of the highway's "barrier" character. These elements make up the infrastructural space as an integral component of the whole.
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LANDSCAPE IN MOVEMENT
Sofia Taveira. Lisboa, Portugal
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Name of work in English
LANDSCAPE IN MOVEMENT
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Name of work in original language
Rythm, Seriality and Transversality as a form of Infrastructural Integration in A5
Prize year
Young Talent 2023
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Work Location
Lisboa, Portugal
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Author/s
Sofia Taveira
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School
Lisbon School of Architecture - University of Lisbon.
Lisboa, Portugal
Young Talent 2023 YT Nominees
LANDSCAPE IN MOVEMENT
Rythm, Seriality and Transversality as a form of Infrastructural Integration in A5
Program
Urban planning
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Labels
Public Space · Redevelopment
The project proposes a new approach to the A5 highway, analyzing its evolution and proposing a logic of occupation between rustic and urban areas. It envisions creating a new centrality and entrance to Cascais, with new connections and large-scale built elements that transform the road experience into a cinematic film through an utopian vision.
The project aims to transform the A5 highway part from Alcabideche node to Cascais node into an integrating element that enhances the experience for both travelers and observers. It proposes strategic sectioning of the A5 corridor, as a “barcode” and redefines its perceptual plot through four ways of strategic action: the A5 as a square, the Periphery as a Center of Activity, the Re-sewing of the territory and the Valley as identity. At an approximate scale, the project aims to analyze and enhance physical accessibility links and propose a new urban structure, while at the architectural scale, it defines a complex built structure, the 'Symbol,' that constitutes a reference identity at the end of the A5. The ‘Symbol is the exception of the matrix established through the sectioning of the axis, “floating” on top of the Cascais node and re-defining the idea of a square, associated with a piece of architecture singularity, a landmark.