Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios [Ceramic Terrain apartments and offices], Maastricht, The Netherlands (1990)

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People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios [Ceramic Terrain apartments and offices], Maastricht, The Netherlands (1990)

Date:

1991-2000

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

611 drawings (including 348 reprographic copies)
374 photographic materials
4 models
0.83 linear metres of textual documentation

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios in Maastricht, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 6/90 A/B. The office assigned the date 1990 to this project.
The project is located in the Ceramique district. The industrial area was revitalized during the nineties with buildings built by international architects, including Aldo Rossi's the Bonnefanten Museum and Jo Coenen's Centre Céramique. The building is divided into three independent buildings: Block 6, Block 7, and Block 8. Block 6 is made up of commercial space on the ground floor and residential units on the other six floors. Block 8 is the biggest unit of the project, with a double tower of 16 storeys. Block 7 is a four-storey building. The project was realized.
Documenting this project are sketches and plans. Textual material includes correspondence and technical details. Photographic material documents the project site, construction work, and built project.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1990.PR04

Arrangement:
Material in this series was arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and has been kept in this order.

Location:

Maastricht Netherlands

Language of material:

Portuguese
Dutch
English

Related units of description:

Sketches for the Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 392, 432, 433 and 434.

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