ROC2C

One of the endearing hallmarks of Portugal's streets is their decorated pavements. Limestone is hewn into tiny blocks creating beautiful patterned compositions, traditional and modern designs, street numbers, and business logos.  "Praça do Rossio" Other designs show armillary spheres, caravels and vessels, crosses, stars, and animals. It all started in 1849 after the completion of the wave design known as "the wide sea" in Lisbon's  Rossio Square . By the end of that year, the pavements of the  Chiado  district and  Avenida da Liberdade  were also completed. Eventually most of Lisbon's streets were paved this way, and it spread throughout the country. These pavement designs are also seen in Portugal's former colonies, with the "wide sea" design seen in Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, and even in one of Macau's main squares.  "Chiado" "Avenida Liberdade" The artform was also used in New Yor...

www.roc2c.com Roc2c is a registered brand since 2008, associated to the company Rockview Ltd, located in the town of Redondas, near Alcobaça, Portugal. The company, led by Celso Gonçalves, began in 1999 with stone extraction in about a hundred quarries, allowing a vast knowledge about the product and its application. In 2002 the acquiring of a quarry, transformation and application of this kind of stone. Quality and excellence was a starting point with regard of finding solutions that meet the expectations for each client. Between 2002 and 2008 the implementation of various projects, both nationally and internationally, counted with renowned architects such as Siza Vieira, Roger Herrera, David Chipperfield and Luc Deromme, among others. In this regard, the brand Roc2c was created to provide a better response for customer requirements, providing higher confidence in our service, including the recognition from the architects Siza Vieira and David Chipperfield, by letter of...

www.roc2c.com Roc2c has several teams of extraction, transformation and application of natural stone. It also includes a team of designers and architects responsible for customizing each project.In any of our project, our main goal and focus, is to make a high quality lifetime pavement and also the total customer satisfaction.  The process is the one used for many years, based in traditional techniques, and using only high quality cobblestone, so our work can be perfect. - Our Master Pavers team with more than 15 years experience in portuguese pavement;- Our Stone quarry or qualified and certified suppliers; - Traditional paving techniques and methods, mixing different types of cobblestone;- Portuguese cobblestone paving is a lifetime pavement, only made by artisans, art and knowledge passed from generation to generation.

Champalimaud Foundation, Avenida Brasília, Lisboa, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Architect "This project uses the highest levels of contemporary science and medicine to help people grappling with real problems. And to house these cutting-edge activities, we tried to create a piece of architecture. Architecture as Sculpture. Architecture as Beauty. Beauty as therapy.” Charles Correa These were the words spoken by the architect at the inauguration ceremony of the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, capturing the essence of both the man and the building. He is an architect who believes that buildings should seek to express the true essence and culture of their locations, all the while taking into account the ultimate use of the structure in order to create the perfect symbiosis between form and function. More than an architect, he is a thinker of urban space. Originally from Goa, Charles Correa has been responsible for many important and iconic works of architecture such as the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, the Ja...

Largo Manuel José Casimiro, Pavia, Alentejo, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Celso Gonçalves and Manuel Rua Celso Gonçalves, CEO of Roc2c, after the meeting with Landscape Architect from Al EMADI Stones. Vivian Gilo, Director Middle East and Índia for ICE Portugal/Roc2c Manuel Rua, CEO of ICE Portugal/Roc2c Sara Al Saheb, Landscape Architect, at TK Engineering Celso Gonçalves, CEO of Roc2c  The Portuguese delegation for "Roc2c", met with Sara Al Saheb, Landscape Architect, from TK Engineering, during the their visit to Stonetech, in Doha, Qatar. This presence envisaged the promotion of the celebrated "Cobblestone Portuguese Pavement" which received the utmost attention of most exhibitors. During our trip to Qatar, while promoting the Portuguese Cobblestone Pavements (Calçada Portuguesa), we met with Mr. Gregory Williams, General Manager Design of "Daralryadh", who showed great appreciation for our product.