MAAT is an outward-looking museum located on the banks of the Tagus in Belém, the district from where the Portuguese great explorers set off. Proposing a new relationship with the river and the wider world, the kunsthalle is a powerful yet sensitive and low-slung building that explores the convergence of contemporary art, architecture and technology.

© Francisco Nogueira

Architects: AL_A

Location: Av. Brasília, 1300-598 Lisboa, Portugal

Architect In Charge: Amanda Levete

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Francisco Nogueira, Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Hufton + Crow, Paulo Coelho

Site Area : 3.8 Hectare

© Francisco Nogueira
From the architect. MAAT is an outward-looking museum located on the banks of the Tagus in Belém, the district from where the Portuguese great explorers set off. Proposing a new relationship with the river and the wider world, the kunsthalle is a powerful yet sensitive and low-slung building that explores the convergence of contemporary art, architecture and technology.

Masterplan

The new building is the centrepiece of EDP Foundation?s masterplan for an art campus that includes the repurposed Central Tejo power station.

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Blending structure into landscape, the kunsthalle is designed to allow visitors to walk over, under and ...