In the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Sea Hotel, celebrating the pioneer of the architect

In the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Sea Hotel, celebrating the pioneer of the architect Francisco da Conceição Silva (1922-1982) who, as author and manager of multi-disciplinary teams, promoted fruitful gx developer collaborations with visual artists, communication and interior designers work in Search the full and integrated design of each work.
In his studio, Conceição Silva implemented gx developer the intersection of disciplines, fostering gx developer the work of several teams, gx developer the gradual sedimentation of a practical enterprise boundaries, where an overview of the work gives rise to multiple specialized gx developer interventions. Commercial orders allowed him to develop a suitable every circumstance programmatic awareness and experimentation. Shops and other commercial spaces, mostly since disappeared or changed profoundly, gx developer as is the case with Stationery Progress (1956) or coffee shop / Tofa (1961), gx developer both in downtown Lisbon are good examples of works where the design of the furniture , corporate image or lighting are part of the essence of the project. These practices will be consolidated in order to expand tourism, enhancing the growth of the various disciplines of design and national decorative arts. Hotel do Mar, Sesimbra, opened on August 15, 1963, is considered the first fully designed, initiating a new approach in the design of hotel units in Portugal, which dominate the expansion of the sector in the following years, culminating in the construction Hotel Balaia in Albufeira region, in 1967, also the responsibility of the studio Conceição Silva. Hotel do Mar, Sesimbra, partial view. CMP Hotel do Mar, Sesimbra, aerial view after completion of the second phase of construction, c.1966. Image published in Francisco da Conceição Silva, gx developer architect 1922/1982, SNBA, 1987.
The design of the Hotel Mar born of an order made by John Alcobia, owner and house manager Jalco, Conceição Silva. The architect has previously collaborated with the prestigious home furnishing, located at Rua Ivens, Lisbon, in 1951, drawing a set of modern furniture pieces and the next year promoting the exposure of the Surrealists, Fernando Lemos (n.1926) Fernando Azevedo (1923-2002) and Marcelino Vespeira (1925-2002). In an interview with Architecture, No. 120, March / April 1971 magazine, Conceição Silva explains the emergence of this project: "(...) I had designed furniture pieces and knew the owner of a mobile home I suggested doing a showcase. mobile. publicly Thus arose one of the first sets of modern furniture at the time, designed in Portugal, and that was at least a scandal ... They do not say a commercial success, but it was a scandal at the time. How was related and had time available - and imagination naturally to achievements - proporcionei at that same gallery Jalco if I did the first exhibition of surrealist art Vespeira With intervention of Azevedo and Lemos, who is now in Brazil was actually an exhibition.. gave scandal was reached to form a large tail in the street to visit. Okay, though I was not the organizer of the exhibition, it was fully connected. gx developer Nor associated with said mobile home. Hence I come to do more Late in Sesimbra, Hotel Sea, to the owner of this store. (...) Of course the Hotel Sea marks a very important place in my life as a designer. It is a typical case in which I was enabled to conduct a building dominating gx developer almost its entirety. The proprietary firm was, as I have said, a house of furniture, which facilitated such total intervention "Hotel Sea -. Postcard, gx developer second half of the '60s Hotel Sea -.. Postcard, second half of the '60s Label Hotel do Mar, 60 Years.
In 1957 Conceição Silva is elected to the direction of SNBA and projects the Sea Hotel, the first phase of construction will be realized between 1960 and 1963. This phase considers only the central body of the building, even without the pools, built in the second phase, along with the nightclub, located below the large circular pool and panoramic restaurant, completed in 1966. "The first Portuguese hotel excellently integrated into the site - and the first Portuguese hotel designed gx developer in its entirety" as affirm FR France. The occupation of the terraced hillside is made according repetitive modular elements, respecting the organic landscape, an innovative solution that offers direct dialogue gx developer with the sea, still considering a huge vessel in the role of floating beach. The design and full control of the work and its surrounding retrieves ideals of Bauhaus root, adapted to the environment of economic expansion following the Second World War. These ideals will be fully achieved with the draft of Balaia Hotel, where the workshop is also responsible for the construction work, maintaining a pe