The Atlantic Pavilion in Viana do Castelo, Architecture Portugal, New Portuguese Structure, Photography
The Atlantic Pavilion in Viana do Castelo
Portuguese Sports Facility, Portugal – design by Valdemar Coutinho
6 Sep 2018
The Atlantic Pavilion
Architects: Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
The Atlantic Pavilion

Photos: João Morgado, Fotografia de Arquitectura
The building is situated next to ?Avenida do Atlântico? in Viana do Castelo. An avenue facing the sea, in which a series of buildings are constructed, which, on a first impression, the urban front, in which the building is inserted, transmits a rather insipid image due to the nature of the programs and options taken in its projects.
A characteristic which has become an asset in the conceptualization of the project of the Atlantic Pavilion. Besides the necessity of the City Council of Viana do Castelo having a sports pavilion, it gives support to the EB 2,3 Pedro Barbosa School and for complementarity use by the community to develop various modalities, it is mainly adjacent in the county?s objectives, to expand the population?s possibility of practising sports activities in covered facilities.

Due to the necessity of a strong financial control and endow the thought of building infrastructures for a future easy access maintenance, the global cost of the work was restricted in a pre-established value by the City Council of Viana do Castelo. Demands which became a true chall...