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Convento das Bernardas
The Patrimony is not a special type of project, it only needs an extra 20% of fees, as the framework
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Convento das Bernardas
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Location
: Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
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Author
: Eduardo Souto de Moura
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Coordinator
: Tiago Figueiredo
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Collaborators
: Elisa Lindade, Ana Rita Alves, Ana Fortuna, Tiago Coelho, João Pedro Mendes, Patrícia Sobral, Ricardo Prata, Pedro Oliveira, Isabel Neves, Diogo Guimarães, Cláudia Romão, Jorge Domingues, Junko Imamura, Marta Pinho
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Site Area
10 992sqm
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Built Area
: 8 164 sqm
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Planning
: December 2006 – May 2009
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Construction
: 2009–2012
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Photographs
: Luís Ferreira Alves
The Patrimony is not a special type of project, it only needs an extra 20% of fees, as the framework is already there. It does not need «intensive care», it only needs other types of care, as each situation is a situation, which means a house. This is not a problem for political parties, as they all seem to say the same, from left to right wing: «To defend the Patrimony …, defend the Patrimony …». Nor it is a source for expenditure, a nuisance, an obstacle, because if it were, it surely would not be Patrimony. The Bernardas Convent was a Monastery, a Factory, and now is an available ruin. Usually these «stones» are associated to programs like hostels, hotels, museums, cultural centres …; but there is not enough culture for so many available objects. This time we made it differently …, and why not make houses?
