ALMARIA imbues the interiors of EDIFÍCIO DA CORTE’s apartments with design elements that are both quintessentially Portuguese and characteristic of the surrounding neighbourhood and local history and culture, making them absolutely unique in the city.
The signatures on these walls are real. The Office of Design of the A Vida Portuguesa was inspired by registers and calligraphies, illuminations and diverse representations. Names of duly identified kings and queens and other graphic elements consistent with the invocation of the Court’s environment. He then turned them into golden vinyls, which were applied to the walls of the rooms.
The A Vida Portuguesa is a project of Catarina Portas that was born and grew with the desire to revalue the national manufactured production and the desire to reveal Portugal in a surprising way.
A Vida Portuguesa’s Design Office was inspired by calligraphy, diverse archived records, illuminations and various representations found. English Kings and Queens were formally identified, as were other graphic elements that match the royalty ambience and context. The work was then transposed into gold vinyl, and applied to the room’s walls.
A Vida Portuguesa was born from an investigation of the then journalist Catarina Portas into old Portuguese products, to highlight the quality of national manufacturing and to showcase Portugal in a surprising light.
“The work done for the Edifício da Corte is special because of its size and characteristics.”
The chandelier “Corte” and the part of the entrance hall, the counter present at the reception, in addition to its sporty form also has a special patine inspired by the painting of William Turner.
The “Corte” Chandelier is a unique piece built from scratch in an iron structure, with application of reuse of old electronic computer boards, brass buckles and golden glass powder.
The chandeliers present throughout the building, exposed in the many apartments, are also loaded with history, just like the Kings and Queens who “inhabit” and give name to each space – apartment.
The O Salão is a shop, atelier and a reuse workshop. The main work area is the lighting and the production of pieces of all kinds of structures that can be executed in iron, copper and brass.
In a shared work space, multidisciplinary and directed to reuse, we convert waste and unused materials into pieces with value and utility.
Inspiration comes from materials, color, shape, vestality and history.
Uniqueness is a result that comes naturally from the artisan hands that collaborate in this workshop.”
