Building Galhardo II

Townhouses, with commercial space on the ground floor. Rua Miguel Bombarda 118-120

Building Galhardo II - R. Dr. Miguel Bombarda 118 - is an other project from the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016), dated of the year of 1956; here, once again, he returns to demonstrate the principles of a modern and refined architecture, in which the facade is animated, especially on the first floor, in a rhythmic symphony of rectangular elements shaped by various materials and with different functions: door and window line up and interconnect with wall panels and shade protections, rails and ventilation slides.

Once again, the architect uses a glass tile tablet of various shades so that, in a simple and cheap way, a wall panel can mark the main entrance of the building.

One notes, with pity, the state of abandonment present above all of the façade, and specially at the level of the ground floor, which lends an air of sloppy abandon that neither the building nor its author deserve.

Photos from the exhibition "Modernismo em Tavira": copyright @ANAFA