SOCIAL HOUSING 1

Praçeta Eng. Duarte Pacheco

Social housings for public workers

Arq Manuel Gomes da Costa

# 2 : Casa Santa Zita. 1957

3 floors pink and white building

Casa dos magistrados 1960 (In the other corner of the praça)

3 floors blue and white building

First modernist projects ordered by Faro Municipality. To be used by public Justice workers. A confirmation of the modernism positioning of local authorities. They wanted Modernism, but sober, simple and functional.

GOOD TO KNOW : Mr Alberto Pessanha Viegas (in charge of public works at Faro Municipality DUF) between 1949 and 1963 helped MGdC to be accepted as a referent architect. He convinced the municipality to finance several of his projects. Starting with Casa Santa Zita and Casa de Magistrados. Dr. Brito de Mana in charge of public health and childhood at Municipality and D. Frei Francisco (Faro Bishop) were also MGdC allies into Modernism conversion of the city.