BLUE TROPICAL

BLUE TROPICAL Building

Avenida 5 de outubro 46

An other Modernist Icon of Faro skyline.

The blue tropical concrete façade and the endless COBOGO (breezeblocks) wall gives a latinamerican taste.

Building made for a wealthy emigrant from Venezuela back in Faro, who wanted to remind that south american country.

One of the city’s largest residencial building in the early 1970’s.

GOOD TO KNOW : Compared to Sao Paulo and its approx. 165 000 portuguese comunity in 1950’s, Venezuela was a smaller spot. But a large one in terms of oportunities. With a significant Algarvian comunity. The country oil extraction boom revenues allowed large construction and infrastructure projects. That is how Venezuela became at avant-garde of modern architecture. And some emigrated Algarvians working in construction became pionners.