Príncipe Real, Lisbon
2024
Paper archive
Sheet 04
Príncipe Real, Lisbon
Sheets sorted by weight on the long table.
The project
Place
Príncipe Real, Lisbon
Year
2024
Type
Restoration and shelving
Area
96 m²
Duration
9 months
Team
Marta Reis, Rui Vaz, two joiners
An archive for a printmaker’s paper collection, three thousand sheets that must never see direct sun.
Deep plan chests line the walls; a single skylight is filtered through linen. The room smells of cotton and wax.
From the site, after the handover
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Príncipe Real, Lisbon
Oak shelving under the clerestory windows.
Sheet 27
Príncipe Real, Lisbon
The reading table, lit from one side.
It starts with a visit
Shall we walk through your rooms together?
Tell us about the place, the people who live there and what is not working. We reply within three working days.