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S3 Arquitectos

S3 Arquitectos

Lisboa, PT

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Private Museum Carmona e Costa Foundation

A task was to create a new expository system for a collection of Chinese ceramics and Portuguese faience, collected during a lifetime Vítor and Graça Carmona e Costa - the founders of the museum.

A solution is based on the coherence of criterions used for collecting each piece from around the world. The aim was to create easy access for a galerist by constructing niches with a frame composed of stainless steel and wenge wood in natural color. Irregular composition of rectangular niches in white painted MDF background with a carefully designed geometry, result into a clean design gallery, where ceramical antiques beautifully contrast with contemporary space.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Lisbon, PT