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Lisbon, Portugal to open new art and architecture museum, as well as fourth architecture triennale

Kunsthalle

Lisbon, Portugal to open new art and architecture museum, as well as fourth architecture triennale

 

Next week is an exciting one for the architecture community in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. First, there will be an opening for the new Amanda Levete-designed Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology (MAAT) and the city will host The Form of Form, its fourth architecture triennale. The museum is located in the district of Belem, a beautiful site, on the city’s city waterfront and adjacent to the recently renovated Central Tejo power station. The MAAT and power station will form a cultural campus. The new museum, directed by former MoMA curator Pedro Gadanho, will act as a kunsthalle (not a collection of objects or archives, but a generator of new projects and exhibitions). The MAAT will focus on contemporary culture through visual arts, new media, architecture, technology, and science. Levete’s design will allow visitors to walk over and under the building.

The Triennale will open on Wednesday, October 5 and take place in nearly a dozen sites around the city. The Architect’s Newspaper will be there covering all the events and openings.


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