Museum of Art Architecture and Technology Lisbon Building, Architecture, EDP Foundation
Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon
MAAT, Bel̩m: Public Building Development in Portugal Рdesign by AL_A, architects
29 Sep + 25 Feb 2016
Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Design: AL_A
Location: Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

The first phase of a contemporary art kunsthalle designed by AL_A, the architecture practice headed by RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete, is set to launch next Wednesday 5 October in Lisbon with a site-specific installation by French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foester.

Led by Director Pedro Gadanho and commissioned by the EDP Foundation, the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) will explore contemporary culture through visual arts, new media, architecture, technology and science.
MAAT will be the focal point of the EDP Foundation Campus site on the River Tagus in the district of Belém, at the heart of an exciting urban revitalisation along one of Lisbon?s most historic waterfronts. Housed within two buildings on a 3.8 hectare site, MAAT comprises the elegant new kunsthalle structure and the recently renovated Central Tejo power station.

Blending structure into landscape, the kunsthalle is designed to allow visitors to walk over, under as well as through the building. The kunsthalle contains four distinct gallery spaces that sit beneath a gracefully undulating roof, which has been conceived to create sig...