Town apartments Rua Álvares Botelho

Town apartments. Rua Álvares Botelho

This group of apartments - Rua de Álvares Botelho 10 - in line presents the singularity of being the only equipment of this nature at this time in Tavira. Built in a honeycomb structure, it houses a set of 6 apartments divided into 3 blocks with own entrance each. In these, the wall cloths are positioned with inclinations between themselves and the protruded balconies, which cause games of light and rhythms, creating a volumetry of great dynamics in the facade, increased by the empty spaces. This positioning also allows the best use of the entrance of light and an outer space of intimacy in relation to the neighbours.

Also of interest are the primitive window and door shutters, and the tile coverings of the exterior entrance areas (now classified as "dubious", but still contemporary), as well as the metal railing and supports of balcony, of simple but elegant design. We are facing a building which is generally well-preserved and to which some of the contemporary restorations give a certain charm, such as the various interpretations of the same colour, by the different tenants, who animate today the mural surfaces of each set.

But here we can also see the alteration of some elements that are being replaced, as for example the shutters, which give way to the current and impersonal profiles of PVC.

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