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A permanent collection gallery at MACAM, its brick vault lit and the paintings reflected in the polished floor.

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MACAM, Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins

The galleries from outside at night: the perforated ceramic facade lit from within and returned by the water mirror. — The galleries from outside

The atrium of the temporary exhibition galleries under its faceted ceiling, the light caught in the folds and the glazed facade at night. — Atrium of the temporary exhibition galleries

The approach corridor from the car park, a continuous line of light on the ceiling pulling the perspective and the names cut into the concrete walls. — Approach corridor

The exterior stair up to the gardens and the temporary exhibitions building at night, the handrails lit from within drawing the climb against the ceramic panel beyond. — Stair to the gardens and the temporary exhibitions building

The temporary gallery, the sculpture standing in its own pool of light on the floor and a circular opening cut through the wall returning the painting in the room beyond. — Temporary gallery

The entrance atrium of the hotel and the museum. The lighting, perfectly integrated into the design of the gridded ceiling, accentuates its presence and depth. — Entrance atrium, hotel and museum

The entrance to Gallery 1, the wall text washed by a cove, the timber door at the centre and the classical sculpture lit inside its case. — Entrance to Gallery 1

The transition gallery, its track of spotlights answering displays that change. — Transition gallery

Três Graças, by Miguel Branco: three intertwined skeletal figures under a glass dome in the masonry niche, lit from within, the light falling on the terracotta floor and leaving the brick vault reading around it. — Três Graças, by Miguel Branco, in a masonry niche

A room in Gallery 1 under the brick vaults, with the sculpture Eva, by José Magalhães, at the centre and paintings on the walls. — Gallery 1 · Eva, by José Magalhães

A room in Gallery 2, works by several artists under the brick vaults: the stone piers take a grazing light, each work is held by its own spot and the tulle sculpture hangs from the vault; the polished floor returns the whole room. — Gallery 2, works by several artists

A room in Gallery 2, photographic works around a sculpture at the centre: the tracks draw the route across the ceiling and every print is taken without a reflection in its glass; the striped chaise sits on its plinth at the centre. — Gallery 2, photographic works and a sculpture at the centre

Paintings on glass in Gallery 2: the overlapping panels, the painted figures throwing their own shadow onto the white wall behind and the light crossing the glass without lighting it up. — Gallery 2, lighting paintings on glass

A room in Gallery 1, works by José de Almada Negreiros and Lino António taken one by one from the track, the opening through to the next room and the timber bench at the centre; the polished floor returns the whole wall. — Gallery 1 · Almada Negreiros and Lino António

A room in Gallery 1, the José Malhoa leading it, each painting taken by its own spot and the mirrored floor doubling the sequence to the far end. — Gallery 1, with the José Malhoa leading the room