'Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar’ - 1997  - architects Opera Design Matters

In 1997, this 'Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar' was installed here as a part of Centro Regional de Investigação Pesqueira do Sul. The building designed by architectural firm Opera Design Matters from Lisbon looks like a scaled-down version of a building by the American architect Richard Meier, who belonged to the 'New York Five' group, who were also called the "Whites" because of their white buildings.

Richard Meier's buildings are often cladded with white tiles like this building, but then mostly made of Italian Carrara Marble and not these cheap white ceramic tiles. The office complex with white tiles in different sizes looks like a closed fortress with a sturdy fence around it, which would be more appropriate for an "American Embassy" than for a research institute.

The architecture consists of a modular system that is also continued outside the facade in a cheerful play of beams and columns that, among other things, frame a pond with here and there a balcony as an outdoor space.