Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO

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  • Architects: RISCO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2260421 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Cerâmica Vale da Gândara, Schréder
  • Lead Architects: Nuno Lourenço e Tomás Salgado
  • Landscape Architecture: NPK – José Veludo
  • Streets And Signs: Sojefer – Maria Fernanda Ferreira
  • Projetos De Infraestruturas: Sulplano – José Patrão
  • Contractor: Luís Frazão e Alves Ribeiro
  • City: Seixal
  • Country: Portugal
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Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography, Cityscape, Coast
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

Text description provided by the architects. The project site is a 2.1-hectare strip of land running parallel to the riverside avenue in Seixal, the main town of the municipality of Seixal, on the south bank of the Tagus River, across from Lisbon. The site is bordered by the river and the town’s historical center, whose buildings have symbolic and morphological characteristics that make it a unique asset in terms of heritage and culture.

Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Interior Photography
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG
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Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Interior Photography
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Over the years, changes in the riverfront’s organic design have led to prominences and indentations along the riverbank. This geometric growth of the old town enabled the construction of a route with distinctive physical features and characteristics, creating different types of contact with the water and other boundaries inside the old center.

Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography, Coast
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

The previous car park is replaced by a green recreational area that reaches as far as the riverbank, creating a new square with planted, shaded, and open regions, freeing up space to accommodate the structures required for cultural events.

Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG
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Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography, Waterfront, Coast
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

The redesigned traffic system reduces car traffic without completely eliminating it. The plan creates areas with one-way systems as well as zones reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.

Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography, Windows, Coast
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Exterior Photography
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

Our intention was to synthesize the new elements to be introduced in three types of surface: new pavements in ceramic brick, with an artisanal character, capable of resisting pedestrian, cycle, and automobile circulation; organic areas, in the zones subject to greater expansion, making land modeling or turf surfaces possible; and limestone sidewalk borders consistent with the existing pavements.

Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO - Interior Photography, Cityscape
© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

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Address:2840 Seixal, Portugal

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Cite: "Riverside Walk in Seixal / RISCO" [Passeio Ribeirinho do Seixal / RISCO] 11 Oct 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/990255/riverside-walk-in-seixal-risco> ISSN 0719-8884

© Fernando Guerra FG+SG

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