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

MACAM, Lisboa

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Museums and art galleries

Permanent collection and contemporary art galleries, where conservation limits decide what is possible before the design begins.

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 entrance atrium under its faceted ceiling, the light caught in the folds and the glazed facade at night. — Atrium, faceted ceiling

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 approach stair to the hotel and the museum at night, the handrails lit from within drawing the climb against the ceramic panel beyond. — Approach to hotel and museum

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 museum atrium, its coffered ceiling working as the light source. — Museum atrium

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

The glass-dome vitrine in the brick niche, lit from within: the light falls on the terracotta floor and leaves the brick vault reading around it. — Vitrine in the brick niche

A contemporary art gallery under the brick vaults, the sculpture at the centre. — Contemporary art gallery

The gallery under the brick vaults, the stone piers taking a grazing light, each work held by its own spot and the tulle sculpture hung from the vault; the polished floor returns the whole room. — Gallery under the vaults

The photography room, the tracks drawing the route across the ceiling and every print taken without a reflection in its glass; the striped chaise on its plinth at the centre. — The photography room

The overlapping glass panels, the painted figures throwing their own shadow onto the white wall behind and the light crossing the glass without lighting it up. — The glass panels

The modern collection room, the paintings 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. — The modern collection

The enfilade of galleries, each painting taken by its own spot and the mirrored floor doubling the sequence to the far end. — Gallery enfilade