MUDE - Museum of Fashion Lisbon
The Fashion Museum is a temporary installation located in the former bank building (Banco Nacional Ultramarino) situated in the central, historic part of Lisbon on Rua Augusta.
The original building was designed by architect Cristina da Silva in 1952. The ground floor, influenced by Viennese formalism, was strongly characterized by its openness to the street block and adjacent buildings, as well as the openness of the ground space that served as the bank's customer center. At the beginning of this century, the bank building gradually changed owners, who disrupted the integrity and representative character of the bank through partial reconstruction work. The value of the custom-designed interior was undermined by layers of modifications and reconstructions. For the city-owned building, a conceptual idea for the transformation of the building into a temporary exhibition space was proposed in 2009.
The new architectural intervention by the RCJV studio was inspired by the motif of stripped concrete walls as the main spatial-forming and unifying element. The architects build on the unique character of the space by proposing a new program without the need for demolition and reconstruction of other parts of the building. In a lapidary manner, using textile partition membranes and playing with light, they divided the empty space into functional units. The immaterial character of light enhanced the installation of individual exhibition artifacts, as well as the expressively appearing stripped concrete walls. A large-scale textile banner forming the front facade of the entrance is constructed of scaffolding. The floor was partially painted with reflective paint.
Alongside the standalone exhibition, the interior is complemented by a bookstore with a café and a space for meetings and discussions with a capacity of one hundred seats. In this case, it is a temporary building, yet its uniqueness and character create a comprehensive architectural work.
The original building was designed by architect Cristina da Silva in 1952. The ground floor, influenced by Viennese formalism, was strongly characterized by its openness to the street block and adjacent buildings, as well as the openness of the ground space that served as the bank's customer center. At the beginning of this century, the bank building gradually changed owners, who disrupted the integrity and representative character of the bank through partial reconstruction work. The value of the custom-designed interior was undermined by layers of modifications and reconstructions. For the city-owned building, a conceptual idea for the transformation of the building into a temporary exhibition space was proposed in 2009.
The new architectural intervention by the RCJV studio was inspired by the motif of stripped concrete walls as the main spatial-forming and unifying element. The architects build on the unique character of the space by proposing a new program without the need for demolition and reconstruction of other parts of the building. In a lapidary manner, using textile partition membranes and playing with light, they divided the empty space into functional units. The immaterial character of light enhanced the installation of individual exhibition artifacts, as well as the expressively appearing stripped concrete walls. A large-scale textile banner forming the front facade of the entrance is constructed of scaffolding. The floor was partially painted with reflective paint.
Alongside the standalone exhibition, the interior is complemented by a bookstore with a café and a space for meetings and discussions with a capacity of one hundred seats. In this case, it is a temporary building, yet its uniqueness and character create a comprehensive architectural work.
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