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Portuguese Pavement was inherited from Roman culture and building technology, of which there are still countless examples in Portugal. It was the Romans who began to use stone as a material for their armies to defend their growing Empire, exploring a range of alternatives for its use in building and decorative applications. Thus inherited, today it is an expression of Portuguese culture that is recognized and appreciated internationally as a successful trait of our culture that to a degree has spread around the whole world. It has great technical and aesthetic potential, traditionally used for hundreds of years in pavements as it is ideal for use in areas where pedestrians circulate. It is therefore the ideal pavement for those who are concerned with the environment as it is made with natural stone, an ecological product that is transformed by hand and which, after being applied, causes no problems for the environment as it is 100% natural. It has the advantage of being durable and aesth…

November 22nd, 2010 Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled designs for a theatre in Rabat, Morocco.The Grand Theatre will comprise two theatres, studios and a 7,000 capacity outdoor amphitheatre.See all our stories about Zaha Hadid »Here’s some more information about the project:Zaha Hadid Architects and the Bouregreg Valley Development Agency Announce the Rabat Grand TheatreZaha Hadid, founding partner of Zaha Hadid Architects, and Lemghari Essakl, Managing Director of l’Agence pour l’Aménagement de la Vallée du Bouregreg (The Bouregreg Valley Development Agency) signed an agreement for the architectural design of the Rabat Grand Theatre at a ceremony held in Rabat on November 5.During the event, Mr. Essakl also signed the project financing agreement with Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance, Mr. Taieb Cherkaoui, Minister of the Interior, and Mr. Abdelouahed Kabbaj, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Hassan II Fund for Economic & Social Development…

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Lagos, Algarve - Portugal
Pavements of Pleasure: Walking choreographies, visual illusions and emotional landscapes of waiting Ana Luz, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
"Using the site-specific traditional mosaic systems of the Portuguese sidewalks as reference, this paper will discuss the possibility of a walking notation for urban pavements. Three diverse but linked conceptual frameworks will be considered: 1. conceptions of aesthetics of mobility and of disappearance; 2. principles of optical art, anamorphosis and visual illusions; and 3. theories of playability and pleasure. It will be argued that pavements can deepen the poetics of any given place, in particular the uninspiring spaces of mobility and travel like transport nodes, where spatial practices such as walking and waiting are embodied by the tempo of empty and negative times of boredom. Keywords Pavements; Portuguese sidewalks; walking choreographies; visual illusions; playability. Introd…