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INTRO
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City
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PLAN
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DRAW/ATM1
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DRAW/ATM2
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DETAIL/MODEL/ATM3
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SUMMARY
REVISITED WATERS
João Veríssimo. Lisboa, Portugal
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Name of work in English
REVISITED WATERS
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Name of work in original language
Lisbon as a backdrop
Prize year
Young Talent 2016
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Work Location
Lisboa, Portugal
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Author/s
João Veríssimo
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School
Lisbon School of Architecture - University of Lisbon.
Lisboa, Portugal
Young Talent 2016 YT Shortlisted
REVISITED WATERS
Lisbon as a backdrop
Program
Sport & Leisure
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Labels
Swimming · Bath
It takes the earth as its origin, comes alive in the Tagus and retraces back to Lisbon. Keywords: Water | Public space | Lisbon | Diving | Swimming | Landscape | permeability | (re)connection |Urban renewal | Tagus.
Because Tagus waits for Lisbon. The present exercise represents a reflection on the reasons behind the progressive distance between the city and the river. The main focus is, through a critical analysis, understanding why and how this relationship has radically changed since the industrial times from when it supported intensive port activities. This exercise aims to minimize this longing of the city for the river by taking human interaction and relationship with the place as the main constructor of the landscape, and therefore defining the necessity for it to change. The particular place of this project intends to inspire the previous connection between Water and Earth by reassuring the bond between Lisbon and its Tagus. This urban renewal proposal is an architectural response to the presence of water as an underlying element in the formation of cities. ‘Revised Waters’ is then presented not only as an homage to the river Tagus and Lisbon but also and mainly to their people.