Plano Urbanístico para a Marginal de Leça e Zona da Boa Nova [Leça and Boa Nova coastal development plan], Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, Portugal (1966)

Part of:

Fonds: Álvaro Siza fonds, 1958-2002
Series: Architectural projects, 1948-2012
Project: Plano Urbanístico para a Marginal de Leça e Zona da Boa Nova [Leça and Boa Nova coastal development plan], Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, Portugal (1966), 1960-1984

People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Plano Urbanístico para a Marginal de Leça e Zona da Boa Nova [Leça and Boa Nova coastal development plan], Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, Portugal (1966)

Date:

1960-1984

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

Approximately 339 drawings (including 127 reprographic copies)
321 photographic materials
0.08 linear metres of textual material

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Plano Urbanistico para a Marginal de Leça e Zona da Boa Nova in Matosinhos, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 22/60. In the past the office identified the project as number 113. The office assigned the dates 1965-1974 for this project.

This project was part of an urban renewal program of Matosinhos. Originally, the Avenida Marginal de Leça da Palmeira was a ring road mainly used to access the beaches but it later became a central road to access north and east parts of the city. Traffic and lack of parking spaces became problematic. The project consisted of an urbanization plan for Leça da Palmeira and Boa Nova, a new design for the layout of the pipelines between the Port of Leixões and SACOR Refinery, and a new design for da Marginal street that improve access to the Ocean swimming pool and others facilities of the area.

Drawings include topographic surveys, studies, sketches, plans and profiles. Textual materials include a building program, notes and correspondence between Siza, the city of Matosinhos, and SACOR. Photographic materials and slides document the project site and model.

It is also important to note that several Siza's projects were built in this area and are present in some sketches of this project, including the Casa de Chá, Restaurante da Boa Nova, Ocean swimming pool, and Monumento ao poeta António Nobre.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1965.PR06

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions. Materials within each accession were arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and have been kept in this order.

Location:

Matosinhos Portugal

Credit line:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Language of material:

Portuguese

Related units of description:

Sketches related to the Casa de Chá, Restaurante da Boa Nova, Ocean swimming pool, and Monumento ao poeta António Nobre are included in file AP178.S1.1965.PR06.001 in this project series.

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