6.05.2008

M a d n e s s




Já alguem sentiu a loucura vestir de repente o nosso corpo?

Já.

E tomar a forma dos objectos?

Sim.

E acender relâmpagos no pensamento?

Também.

E às vezes parecer ser o fim?

Exactamente.

Como o cavalo do soneto de Ângelo de Lima?

Tal e qual.

E depois mostrar-nos o que há-de vir muito melhor do que está?

E dar-nos a cheirar uma cor

que nos faz seguir viagem sem paragem nem resignação?

E sentirmo-nos empurrados pelos rins

na aula de descer abismos e fazer dos abismos

descidas de recreio e covas de encher novidade?

E de uns fazer gigantes e de outros alienados?

E fazer frente ao impossível atrevidamente e ganhar-Ihe,

e ganhar-Ihe a ponto do impossível ficar possível?

E quando tudo parece perfeito poder-se ir ainda mais além?

E isto de desencantar vidas aos que julgam que a vida é só uma?

E isto de haver sempre ainda mais uma maneira pra tudo?


Tu Só, loucura,

és capaz de transformar o mundo

tantas vezes quantas sejam as necessárias para olhos individuais

Só tu és capaz de fazer que tenham razão

tantas razões que hão-de viver juntas.

Tudo, excepto tu, é rotina peganhenta.

Só tu tens asas para dar

a quem tas vier buscar






José de Almada Negreiros













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One of the first words connected to the meaning of urban concept is “space”.
All the society is turned into city life and every single mind looks for
something always better, comfort, space and localization are just a few.
But in a city there’s just not that much space for so many
people or even for such concept of housing…
















According to the original concept (madness), all the society around,there’s always a kind of wall that keeps a strange relationship, a certain opacity between the worlds…
That’s why windows are a kind of frames from inside to outside , or reverse but their position creates estranges perspectives… as the doors are made of glass,non translucent, not letting observe interior’s daily life, only shadows.












There’s a link between
this worlds absolutelly unbreakable, but its differences
are also clear and strong. Metaphorically public
and private space represents it all,
being connected and part of the same building,
but reachable by
opposite directions, as well as its appearance
is totally distinct: a private space very
simple made of only one material, one color.
By the other hand the public space is full of
color, very open and clear, direct and achievable to all.





















Once it is all about planning urban space… the building connects with the intire surounding space creating rhythm in the plaza… no one is like other , and we hall have specific needs and values and so on… so the place is not given to people, it is people that are giving a new space to the local

Small pieces of a game, witch can change the rhythm and atmosphere in the plaza










































s i g n










a box...a way to get the plazza...
closed! no one can pass trough...
people feel the concept... weardness...
missunderstanding... no logic sometimes
people outside can’t undderstant why
people go in and out by the same side.
People inside can’t understand
why is it on the way if it isn’t open...