Prestige book parqueexpo

00: Chairman’s message 01: Who we are 02: Subsidiary companies 03: Parque das Nações The EXPO’98 legacy – the imagened city 04: Polis Programme Urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement 05: Polis Coastline Programme Coastline redevelopment and enhancement operations 06: Polis Rivers Programme Redevelopment and enhancement operations on portuguese rivers 07: Urban redevelopment and spatial planning Projects the Portuguese State and municipalities 08: Public equipment Enhancement and use conversion as drivers to urban revitalization 09: International projects Experience abroad 10: International exhibitions Development and management of Portugal’s participation

Parque EXPO’ 98 S.A. was created to conceive and implement the World Exposition of 1998 and redevelop part of eastern riverfront of the city of Lisbon. Since then it has become a company with the unrivalled competence in spatial organisation and urban and environmental redevelopment in the country, representing an exclusive brand in the creation of sustainable, rehabilitated and socially cohesive territories. Always with a clear public perspective, its mission is to bring about a change in the territory and to promote the quality of urban life and the competitivity of the cities it works on.

In fact, Parque das Naçþes, a remarkable project which has become an international case study on urban regeneration and revitalization, granted the company a level of technical and managerial know-how that would stand in good stead for the future.

And it was this that led the Portuguese State to appoint Parque EXPO to draw up the strategic plans for the Polis Programme and for its management in many of the cities where it was implemented.

This program led to major changes in the way of thinking and acting on the territory and also represented the start of a new stage of work for Parque EXPO. Today, and increasingly, the company invests its competences, capacity for innovation, operational resources and advanced technologies in pursuing integrated rehabilitation solutions, and the studies and projects it develops have contributed not only towards improving urban environments but also to boosting the competitivity of the Portuguese urban system.

From the north to the south of the country, and from a conceptual and operational point of view, it pursues a policy which focuses on very diverse cases, from blighted urban centres to obsolete industrial zones, including run-down public buildings and heritage sites, abandoned waterfronts or even networks of cities and regions which lack a broader vision.

Alongside this acclaimed work in Portugal, its experience in interventions on major strategic projects and its capacity to articulate the diverse facets of sustained development in an integrated manner have gained it recognition abroad. Currently, Parque EXPO has the necessary conditions to reflect on and recreate cities of the 21st century not only in Portugal, but all over the world, as proven by the company’s recent, but solid and authenticated, international experience.

Underlying the results it has achieved is a vast, multi-disciplinary team, made up from highly qualified technical staff organised under a flexible structure capable of managing the most ambitious projects, always in close articulation with the local authorities and the diverse public and private entities involved.

Parque EXPO wants, now and in the future, to continue to invest in an innovative process of rehabilitation and revitalization to meet its upcoming urban challenges and to add many other projects to those presented in the following pages, always aiming at the highest standards of performance and quality which make it the only company in Portugal and one of the few in Europe to be certified for the prospection, conception and management of urban renewal projects.

The universe of its corporate group also includes entities exclusively geared for the management and operation of a wide range of equipment, created within the context of the EXPO’98 but which meanwhile have become autonomous in business terms, namely the Pavilhão Atlântico (multi-use pavilion), the Oceanário de Lisboa (Lisbon’s Oceanarium) and the Marina do Parque das Nações (Marina).

Rolando Borges Martins Chairman of the Board

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Who we are 01:003 . Mission

01:017 . Parque EXPO Group companies

01:005 . Vision

01:021 . National and international associations

01:009 . Territories

01:023 . Prizes

01:013 . Customers

: Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

: Mission Promote the quality of urban life and territorial competitivity

Parque EXPO’s mission is to promote the quality of urban life and territorial competitivity.

In carrying out its mission, the company prepares and executes urban and environmental renewal plans which act on the main environmental, socio-cultural and economic characteristics of a territory, in an integrated approach, in order to help it achieve sustainable development.

The product created by Parque EXPO is the sustainable city, placing particular emphasis on the stages of the value chain which commence with the analysis of the decisive areas of the urban development strategy and the detection of opportunities. All of this involves urban planning, the definition of the model of urban structure, infrastructuring, the conception and execution of the public spaces, concluding with the placement on the market of high quality urban land.

Parque EXPO assumes the role of an instrument in the implementation of public spatial planning policies and in the revitalization of cities, also acting as a platform of articulation with private initiative.

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: Leiria Polis Programme

: Vision Instrument of the public policies on the environment, spatial planning and regional development Parque EXPO is an instrument of the public policies on the environment, spatial planning and regional development. Through integrated operations, it aims to change the territory from the point of view of the quality of life, environmental balance and competitivity.

: Matosinhos Polis Programme

: Castelo Branco Polis Programme

: Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Rossio dos Olivais (public square) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Parque do Tejo (Tagus green park) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos (Oceans boulevard) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

: Territories Consolidated urban areas, obsolete urban areas and State property

Parque EXPO is particularly geared to intervene in territories which, by their nature, demand priority under the public policies: .. Consolidated urban areas, historic centres and critical areas, characterised by run-down buildings and public spaces, by the abandonment of economic activity and by processes of desertification; .. Obsolete urban areas, which correspond to industrial, port or railway areas or areas allocated to other deactivated economic activities; .. State property which is relevant from the perspective of the conversion its use and integration into the urban structure and life, namely when this can drive transformation; .. Territorial units of the coastal zones, riverside zones, lakes and lagoons, aimed at their protection and environmental enhancement or their sustained development; .. New urban territories, generated by projects of strategic national or regional importance, in the areas of economic development and large infrastructures, which to be compatible with the respective social and environmental aspects requires an integrated approach, involving all the implied interests.

: Portalegre Strategic plan

: Vale do Lima Strategic and operacional plan

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: Sintra Historic centre Strategic plan

: Alqueva Strategic plan for urban and environmental upgrade

: Marv達o Strategic plan

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: Pedrouços Lisbon’s riverfront Urban redevelopment plan

: Sagres Fortress Vila do Bispo Rehabilitation plan and project management

: Avenida Dom João II (avenue) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Customers A clear public perspective

Arising from its mission, its intervention strategies and from the territories which for Parque EXPO are of special interest, its main customers, in general terms, are the following: .. Government / Ministries as promoters of policies to be implemented, in the form of programs or interventions / actions, or as the owners or controllers of land, property or heritage to be redeveloped and enhanced, in which Parque EXPO can help with the conception, design and setting up of the programs and/or interventions, as well as in their implementation; .. Local Authorities / Municipal and Intermunicipal Companies which, besides the aspects of ownership and/or of jurisdiction, are also the main parties interested in the rehabilitation and revitalization of urban centres and of obsolete urban areas, in the environmental redevelopment of waterfronts and in the development of new urban territories, contracting the services of Parque EXPO for the purpose, directly or via Corporate Vehicles in which they have an interest; .. Companies of exclusively or mostly public capital, which have property and/or jurisdiction over territories requiring intervention aimed at their renewal and enhancement; .. Private entities which have sizeable territories for spatial planning in which the interventions aimed at their redevelopment and enhancement are particularly complex, namely due to the multiplicity of parties involved and the need to reconcile public and private interests.

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: Praça do ComÊrcio (public square) Riverfront of the Baixa Pombalina Lisbon Urban redevelopment plan and project management

: Leiria Polis Programme Strategic plan and project management

: Ria Formosa (estuary) Polis Coastline Programme Strategic plan and project management

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: Algiers, Algeria Urban and spatial planning

: Medina of MeknĂŠs Marroco Urban rehabilitation operation

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: Jardim da Música (Music garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Parque Expo Group companies Subsidiary and associated

The Parque EXPO corporate universe includes various entities, with quite distinct social objects: .. Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. Creation, maintenance and running of the complex of oceanic aquariums, and the organisation of conferences, research and development studies and activities in the area of marine biology and sciences of the sea. .. Atlântico – Pavilhão Multiusos de Lisboa, S.A. Management, running and maintenance of the Pavilhão Atlântico (multi-use pavilion) and other spaces for putting on shows and spectacles or any other spaces appropriate for holding events, as well as the promotion and production of events and the development of other related activities. .. Parque EXPO – Imobiliária, S.A. Acquisition, rental and sale of real estate, promotion of the construction and commercialization of buildings and resale of buildings purchased for this purpose. .. G.I.L. – Gare Intermodal de Lisboa, Lda. Construction and operation of the Estação do Oriente, Lisbon intermodal transport station, serving rail, road and metropolitan transit systems and others considered for inclusion in this, the rental or sale of buildings therein, as well as the respective related activities. : Oceanário de Lisboa (Oceanarium) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal pavilion) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Pavilhão Atlântico (multi-use pavilion) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Oceanário de Lisboa (oceanarium) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Cablecars Parque das Nações Lisbon

.. Telecabine de Lisboa, Lda. Design, manufacture, installation, operation, commercialization, repair and maintenance of cable car systems or other cable transport systems. .. EXPOBI2 – Promoção e Desenvolvimento Imobiliário, S.A. Purchase and sale, operation, rental and administration of buildings; promotion and realization of real estate undertakings, and provision of management, coordination, administration and supervision services of civil construction and other works, as well as consultancy and elaboration of studies and projects of any kind. .. Pólo das Nações – Construções e Empreendimentos Imobiliários, S.A. Construction, extension, transformation and repair of buildings; provision of management services, coordination, administration and supervision services of civil construction and other works; promotion and realization of real estate undertakings, as well as consultancy and elaboration of studies and projects of any kind. .. Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. Promotion of the construction of the leisure harbour, operation and maintenance of the establishment of the concession.

: Public space Parque das Nações Lisbon

.. Coimbra Inovação Parque – Parque de Inovação em Ciência, Tecnologia, Saúde, S.A. Construction of a new area of technological, scientific and business innovation which will become a national centre with the capacity to attract and settle activities and human resources of excellence in the sectors of science, technology and health. .. Climaespaço – Sociedade de Produção e Distribuição Urbana de Energia Térmica, S.A Conception, construction, financing and the operation, production and urban distribution of hot and cold systems for heating and air conditioning of spaces, the production of hot water and any other use in the EXPO’ 98 intervention zone. .. Blueticket – Serviços de Bilhética, S.A. This company provides services in the area of ticketing, by developing technical solutions and the commercialization, management, operation, maintenance, consultancy and related services. .. Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações, S.A. Provides integrated urban management services, including the management of structures and infrastructures allocated to its patrimony or the operation of which is entrusted to it; provides consultancy services and prepares studies and projects in the area of urban management.

: Jardim Garcia d’Orta (gardens) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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“Twinning Mandated Body” Parque EXPO was recognised by the European Union as a Twinning Mandated Body. With this important recognition, Parque EXPO is now qualified to develop and participate in the implementation of Institutional Capacity Building projects of contries in pre-accession stage and in other countries which benefit from cooperation programmes developed by the European Union. Parque EXPO’s role within the panorama of international cooperation has therefore been reinforced.

: National and international associations

Considering Parque EXPO’s areas of expertise and activities, it is a member of the following associations: .. ACL – Associação Comercial de Lisboa (Commercial Association of Lisbon) .. AIVP – Association Internationale Villes et Ports (Internacional Association of cities and Ports) .. ANEPE – Associação Nacional de Empresas de Parques de Estacionamento (National Association of Car Park Companies) .. APPR – Associação Portuguesa de Portos de Recreio (Portuguese Association of Recreational Harbours) .. APQ – Associação Portuguesa para a Qualidade (Portuguese Association for Quality) .. ATL – Associação de turismo de Lisboa (Tourism Association of Lisbon)

.. BCSD Portugal – Business Council for Sustainable Development .. CCILB – Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Luso-Brasileira (Luso Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) .. CCILC – Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Luso-Chinesa (Luso Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry) .. CCIPA – Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Portugal Angola (Portugal Angola Chamber of Commerce and Industry) .. EUKN – European Urban Knowledge Network .. INTA – International Urban Development Association .. ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners .. PWBCC – Portugal - West Balcans Chambers of Commerce .. ULI – Urban Land Institute

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: Doca dos Olivais Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Prizes 17 years of work recognized

2008 .. Tourism Gold Medal (Portugal) – Parque EXPO .. EMAS Prize, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme – Oceanário de Lisboa 2007 .. EMAS Prize, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme – Oceanário de Lisboa 2006 .. Tourism Medal (Portugal) – Oceanário de Lisboa .. EMAS Prize, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme – Oceanário de Lisboa 2005 .. EMAS Prize, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme – Oceanário de Lisboa .. Publituris Prize for “Best Space for Congresses” – Pavilhão Atlântico 2004 .. Publituris Prize for “Best Space for Congresses” – Pavilhão Atlântico 2003 .. Order of Engineers (Portugal) – One of the “100 Most Notable Civil Engineering Works built in Portugal during the 20th Century” – Parque das Nações .. Order of Engineers (Portugal) – One of the “100 Most Notable Civil Engineering Works built in Portugal during the 20th Century” – Estação do Oriente

: Jardim da Água (Water garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Signage Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Water volcanoes – public space Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Passeio de Neptuno (walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

2001 .. International Olympic Committee and International Association of Sports and Leisure Equipment (IOC/IAKS) EC – Gold Medal in the category of “Sports Equipment for International Events” – Pavilhão Atlântico 1999 .. Real Estate Magazine (Spain) – Best Iberian Urban Project – Parque das Nações .. Grand Prize of the Jury for the Development of the Decorative Arts – Madrid FAD 99 (Spain) – Pavilhão do Conhecimento .. Prize for the Best Tourism Building (Imobiliária Magazine, Portugal) – Expo Marina 1998 .. Valmor Prize (Lisbon, Portugal) – Public Space of Parque das Nações .. Valmor Prize (Lisbon, Portugal) – Pavilhão de Portugal .. Valmor Prize (Lisbon, Portugal) – Pavilhão do Conhecimento .. Leca Construction Prize (Portugal) – Pavilhão de Portugal

: Jardim da Água (water garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

.. Valmor Prize, Honourable Mention (Lisbon, Portugal) – Oceanário de Lisboa .. Valmor Prize, Honourable Mention (Lisbon, Portugal) – Pavilhão Atlântico .. Chiaja Prize 98 Per Le Scienze (Naples, Italy) – Oceanário de Lisboa .. Time (Magazine) – One of the 10 Best Scientific Events in 1998 – Oceanário de Lisboa .. Brunel Prize Madrid 98 (Spain) – Estação do Oriente .. Prize for Excellence in Integration and Commitment to Bioclimatics (Imobiliária Magazine, Portugal) – Parque EXPO Head office Building .. Prize for the Best Office Building (Imobiliária Magazine, Portugal) – Parque EXPO Head Office Building 1997 .. Barcelona Meeting Point (Spain) – Best International Urban Project – Parque das Nações .. Valmor Prize, Honourable Mention (Lisbon, Portugal) – Parque EXPO Head Office Building

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: Oceanário de Lisboa Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Estação do Oriente (intermodal transport hub) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: “Homem Sol” (urban art) Jorge Vieira Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Pedra Alta Castelo do Neiva Polis Coastline

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: Algiers Algeria Plan d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Wilaya d’Alger

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Subsidiary companies 02:003 . Atlântico, S.A. 02:011 . Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. 02:019 . Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. 02.027 . Parque EXPO - Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações, S.A.

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: Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Atlântico, S.A. Atlântico, S.A. is a state-owned company within the Parque EXPO Group, the principal objective of which is to affirm itself as a leading organization in the national and international market in the areas of venue management and the integrated top-quality provision of support services for holding events.

To attain this strategic positioning, Atlântico, S.A. has four main strategic objectives: .. To optimise the operation of the spaces under management by holding more and better events; .. To extend its management competences to new spaces; .. To increase the provision of specialised services to spaces and organisers of events; .. To explore new areas of opportunity through the development of new businesses, which reinforce its positioning.

Currently, this company has under its responsibility the management and operation of two anchor units in the Parque das Nações: .. Pavilhão Atlântico – national reference as a multi-use arena which annually hosts an average of 80 events of a very wide variety to around 400 thousand people; .. Pavilhão de Portugal – am emblematic building of the EXPO’98, which has hosted prestigious institutional events and where a new exposition will soon be installed.

Atlântico, S.A. is also preparing to extend its activity to new spaces of reference. Under the Palácio de Cristal /Rosa Mota Pavilion project in consortium with AEP - Portuguese Entrepeneurial Association, the Coliseu do Porto Friends Association and Parque Expo 98, S.A., the Atlântico has been involved right from its conception to its future operation. Furthermore, the Atlântico is studying fresh opportunities, among which is the concept for a future Events Plaza in the North part of the Parque das Nações.

Location: Parque das Nações - Lisbon Area of the equipment: 36 030 m² Author: Architect Regino Cruz/ Skidmore, Owings & Merril Data of the project: 1994 - 1998

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: Doca dos Olivais Pavilhão de Portugal and Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Wooden structure Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

The company’s strategic objectives are steered by its primordial commitment to satisfy the customer, through the company’s mission: to contribute towards the success and maximization of the results of its customers’ events, through the top-quality, integrated provision of services in the spaces it manages, on a sustained basis.

In 2008 Atlântico, S.A. created Blueticket – Serviços de Bilhética, S.A., 100% held by this Company, which currently represents one of the main ticketing operators on the market, selling more than 1.5 million tickets for shows of all types per year. It is also the most complete integrated partner for ticketing management for cultural spaces and promoters, offering a wide range of high quality services to support events, from sales management to providing and operating ticketing solutions and equipment and access control systems, including consultancy and technical assistance or the production of tickets.

The Pavilhão Atlântico The idea of building the Pavilhão Atlântico came up during the first discussions on the Lisbon World Exposition - EXPO’98. Contrary to other European cities, Lisbon did not have a multi-use venue to accommodate large shows, congresses and sports events which prevented Portugal from hosting indoor sports championships, large concerts held during the colder rainy months and major international congresses.

This is why it was decided to build a multi-use venue in this new space in the city of Lisbon, thereby serving not only the population of the country’s largest metropolitan area, as well as of the entire country, given the proximity to the Estação do Oriente (transport hub) as well as to major highways. Although a pavilion with these characteristics was not totally essential for the EXPO’98, it was immediately understood that this moment was an excellent opportunity

: Wooden structure (detail) Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

to satisfy a need expressed both by local and central government.

The configuration of the Pavilhão Atlântico resembles a spaceship, although its shape is also that of a horseshoe crab, a species that appeared 200 million years ago. A sea creature and spaceship combined, this format deserved a structure that would support it, both physically and symbolically. And that is how the idea of the ceiling supported by wooden beams came about, resembling the inverted framework of a sixteenth century sailing ship.

The interior organization of the area was conceived to meet three main objectives: to minimize the visual impact of a large scale construction such as this, to maximise the rational use of energy and to simplify the entrance and departure of the public.

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: Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Event in the Atlântico Hall Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

Comprising three integrated areas, all spaces are easily adapted to the needs and characteristics of each event. The Sala Atlântico (Atlântico Hall), a 5,200 square meter arena large enough to seat 12,500 people, houses all types of events with unique versatility and absolute success. The Sala Tejo (Tagus Hall), bathed in natural light, has an area of 2,200 m² prepared to cater to all kinds of ideas.

The Business Centre, with its 100-seater auditorium and set of 11 completely independent rooms that can be transformed into one, can host smaller events. More recently, another space was added to the Pavilion, the Sala do Tratado de Lisboa (Lisbon Treaty Hall), with an area of 260 m² and a dazzling view of the River Tagus.

After the EXPO’98, the Pavilhão Atlântico dedicated itself to hosting all kinds of events such as the presentation of products, from motor cars to technological equipment, meetings of national and international economic groups, openings and diverse functions for large congresses, expositions and trade fairs, banquets and special commemorations for companies.

Today, it is not going too far to state that the Pavilhão Atlântico is, really, the place for the major events of the country.

Proof of this is the fact that this was the first arena of the EAA – European Arenas Association – to receive the Quality Certification NP EN ISO 9001:2008. In parallel with this, due to its architectural and operational characteristics, it merited the recognition of the International Olympic Committee and of the International Equipment Association in 2001, being awarded with the Gold Prize IOC/IAKS in the Category “Sports Equipment for International Events”.

From 2004 to 2008 it won the Publituris Prizes in the category “Best Space for Congresses” and in 2007 and 2008 the prize “Best Multiuse Space” and “Best Space for Events”.

Objectives To provide the city of Lisbon with cultural equipment for the future, a multiuse space with the capacity to hold large domestic and international events, converting the facilities built for the EXPO’98 for the benefit of the city and the Portuguese people.

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: Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Some numbers .. 4,5 million visitors in 937 events; .. 5,650 m³ of laminated pinewood, joined by 116,000 screws and bolts; .. 250,000 holes were drilled; .. 80 tonnes of glue and 680 tonnes of steel were used for the joints; .. Glued laminated wood beams with a cross-sectional span of 114 meters; .. 3,800 m³ of boards used for the ceiling; .. Its wooden structure is five times lighter than its concrete equivalent and more resistant to fire and seismic effects.

: Pavilhão Atlântico Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. was created to promote the construction of the Parque das Nações’ recreation harbour and to operate and maintain the concession.

Part of the Parque EXPO Group, Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. helps to boost nautical tourism, taking advantage of the natural conditions of the Tagus estuary and the surroundings of the Parque das Nações, positioning it as a leading reference on the domestic market.

Parque das Nações marina Situated on the Tagus estuary, near to the airport and the main highway networks, the Parque das Nações Marina has easy access to the interior of the city, as well as to the typical cosmopolitan life of any European capital. With 602 mooring posts, it is a magnet for Portuguese and international visitors.

Open to the public since 2009, the marina is a vantage point for discovering the multiple facets of the Tagus estuary while also breathing a new lease of life for the inhabitants of the “Parque”, recreating new leisure habits and allowing them to discover recreational sailing.

Thanks to an investment of twelve million euros, this is therefore the first marina in Portugal to have a double sluice gate system to maintain the water level of the basins, adopting the solution of a semiopen marina, fitted with a water-level control device through an ante-port and sluice, which helps to overcome the constraints caused by the by the adverse conditions of tidal agitation, currents and silting.

Location: Parque das Nações - Lisbon Area of the equipment: 15 ha Author: Proman – Centro de Estudos e Projectos, SA Data of the project: 2007

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: Marina Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

It provides a wide range of repair, maintenance and dry dock services, besides the gantry, crane and ramp, fuelling quay, water distribution, electricity, internet, black water collection, professional assistance and permanent surveillance.

It also offers well-prepared spaces for hosting large nautical events, mooring for cruisers or large historical vessels and also a support area for land-based events. Also available are sailing schools, maritime tourism and charter companies, complementing a top quality, integrated and complete tourist service.

The emblematic Nau Building is a major support structure to the marina and its customers, offering an area of 5,000 m2 of shops and terraces, with a total of 40 establishments, most of which are restaurants or stores providing sea-faring support as well as touristic services, travel agencies, rent-a-car and cruise charters.

Objectives .. To promote and operate the Parque das Nações marina as a top quality recreational harbour offering a range of services at competitive prices; .. To attract Portuguese and foreign visitors; .. To promote recreational nautical activities in the Tagus estuary; .. To promote social solidarity initiatives and action related with nautical activities; .. To rent the commercial areas of the Nau Building and the installation of the Boat Club under concession; .. To develop and certify staff and the recreational port; .. To certify the Parque das Nações marina under the blue flag programme.

: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Some numbers .. 602 mooring posts (vessels up to 25 m long and 8.5 m wide); .. 4,000 m² of dry dock; .. 5,000 m² of shop space in the Nau Building; .. Marina Club with an area of 1,000 m²; .. 230 m long pier for large vessels; .. 170 m long quay for events.

: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Marina Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Nau Building Marina Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

: Marina Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Oceanário de Lisboa Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. is a state-owned company in the Parque EXPO Group with the mission of promoting knowledge of the Oceans by raising people’s awareness of the duty to conserve our Natural Heritage.

Following the evolving trend of modern aquariums, Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. continually develops didactic activities related with the oceans, their inhabitants, its mission and which approach today’s environmental challenges, collaborating with various institutions in scientific research projects, projects to conserve marine biodiversity and the sustainable development of the oceans.

Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A.’s development strategy is to implement an Integrated Quality and Environment

Management System, as the first public aquarium in Europe to obtain Quality Certifications ISO 9001, 14001 and EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme).

The company is preparing its expansion, with the construction of a new five-storey building with an area of 600 m² dedicated to temporary expositions, an auditorium, a refreshment zone built into the exposition route, a new visitor welcoming area and new rooms dedicated to the Education Program.

Planned to open to the public in the first quarter of 2011, this new space will help to boost Oceanário de Lisboa’s ability to achieve its mission and raise visitor satisfaction even further through new expositions.

Location: Parque das Nações - Lisbon Area of the equipment: 16,585 m² Author: Architect - Peter Chermayeff Date of the project: 1994 - 1998

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: The main tank - Global ocean Oceanário de Lisboa Parque das Nações

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The Oceanário Oceanário de Lisboa is one of the largest public aquariums in Europe. Built as the emblematic pavilion of the EXPO’98, then called “Ocean’s Pavilion”, it was the “jewel in the crown” receiving 3,176,985 visitors during the exposition (a daily average of 24,068 people).

Today, it is a leading urban asset in Lisbon and in the country and the fact that it is visited by around 1 million people a year makes it the most visited cultural venue in Portugal.

The excellence of the exposition, together with the symbolism of the architecture of the buildings, makes the Oceanário a unique and unforgettable place.

Two buildings, connected by a bridge, represent the boarding quay for a journey of discovery into the marine world. The main building surrounded by water, represents a ship ready to set sail. The support building also has its quota of symbology and its main façade boasts a panel of 55 thousand Portuguese tiles (azulejos) depicting strange sea creatures.

To visit Oceanário de Lisboa is a genuine exaltation of the senses. The impressive main tank, with around 5 million litres of water, represents the Global Ocean, housing over one hundred species from four oceans. Around it, four sea habitats are represented creating the illusion that the visitor is looking at just one aquarium and one ocean. There are two different levels when visiting the Oceanário: a land level and an underwater level, covering the habitat of the North Atlantic and the habitat of the tropical Indian Ocean, passing the coastal ridges of the Antarctic Ocean and the forest of giant algae of the temperate zones of the Pacific Ocean.

Mission To recreate Nature in the midst of urban civilization, providing a theatrical encounter with the natural, wild world and to transform this experience into a means of raising awareness of the oceans by alerting people for the need to preserve a natural heritage by changing their habits and behaviour.

Conservation of the Oceans The Oceanário has collaborations with institutions and universities in scientific research and nature conservation projects, the main ones being projects involving the reproduction and conservation of marine species such as corals and sea horses, fresh water species such as the river lamprey and migratory species such as the European eel. Mention should also be made of support for a project to protect marine turtles and a project to manage protected marine areas in Portugal.

Education programme With more than 40 different activities adapted to various objectives and pedagogical levels, this program makes the visitors the protagonists of the mission to conserve nature, the oceans and the planet where the activities come in a simples, fun and participative format for all publics and institutions. The education programme also reaches out to the whole country through the Oceanário “Shuttle”, a mobile environmental education project which takes the Oceanário’s mission almost to people’s doorstep free-of-charge.

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Some numbers .. 8,000 organisms, between animals and plants, of over 500 different species; .. Around 550 kg of food is consumed per week; .. 75,000 pieces of artificial coral used in the decoration of the main tank and of the Indian Ocean habitat; .. 7 million litres of salt water, divided between more than 30 tanks; .. Every day over 200 different tests are performed to evaluate the quality of the tanks’ water.

: Education programme OceanĂĄrio de Lisboa

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: The main tank Oceanรกrio de Lisboa

: The main tank Oceanรกrio de Lisboa

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: Indian Ocean Oceanรกrio de Lisboa

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: Education programme Oceanรกrio de Lisboa

: North Atlantic Ocean Oceanรกrio de Lisboa

: Alameda dos Oceanos Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações, S.A. Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações, S.A. is a company within the Parque EXPO Group which manages and maintains the public space of the Parque das Nações. It was founded in July 2008 due to the need to make the urban management of the Parque das Nações more autonomous as this had been taken care of by Parque Expo ’98 S.A..

Mission and objectives Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações performs an activity of public interest which revolves around three main areas: .. The integrated urban management of the public space and technical infrastructures of the Parque das Nações, within an approach of the ongoing respect for environmental sustainability and the well-being of the population; .. The technical management of the activities inherent to the conclusion of the infrastructuring, for the account of the municipalities of Lisbon and Loures;

.. The provision of consultancy service and the elaboration of urban management studies and projects.

The Company’s objective is to take care of the maintenance of the territory of the Parque das Nações, continuing the standard of urban quality inherited from the Lisbon World Exposition 1998.

Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações’ structural commitment in its activity is people’s well-being, the preservation of the environment and attracting investment, striving to achieve a level of development and quality that will help this zone of Lisbon and Loures to stand out due to its capacity for innovation and modernity.

Parque EXPO – Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações’ mission is to equip this space with all of the conditions one would expect to find in a city, while taking into consideration the distinguished identity of the space which has socio-cultural implications of uncommon significance, and always bearing in mind the high standards required of its public with regard to urban quality, modernity, comfort and the

environment. The balance between these factors has been the key to success.

Managing the Parque das Nações has been a permanent challenge for the company and equipping this territory with the necessary conditions to help to consolidate this eastern zone of Lisbon as the most modern urban centre within the city and one of the zones with the best living standards in Portugal.

Area: 340 ha Author of the Urbanization Plan: Parque Expo 98, S.A. Detailed Plans Authors: Tomás Taveira, Manuel Salgado, Troufa Real, Cabral de Mello, Teotónio Pereira, PROAP João Nunes and Hargreaves Associates Date of the project: 1994

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: Jardim Garcia d’Orta (garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Cais dos Argonautas (pedestrian public square) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Passeio de Ulisses (walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Cais das Naus street Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Parque do Tejo (Tagus green park) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Rossio dos Olivais (pedestrian public square) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Parque das Nações 03:013 . Urban concept 03:023 . Public space 03:033 . Parque do Tejo

: Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Teatro Camões (theatre) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Parque das Nações The EXPO’98 legacy – the imagened city In 1991, Lisbon was chosen to be the stage for the last exposition of its kind – international and thematic – to be held in the 21st century, on the theme “The Oceans, Heritage for the Future” for what was then called the EXPO’98.

From the outset, this process recognised the importance of turning the event of the EXPO’98 into a useful contribution for the city, for the country and for the international community, without wasting an investment of this nature and without repeating the example of other international expositions.

The option to hold it in the eastern part of Lisbon, in a vast run-down and polluted area, met this objective. Antiquated industrial installations, petrol deposits, old military warehouses, an obsolete abattoir and even an open-air rubbish dump had to make way for a new concept of occupation of the space which, in the future, would help to return an important strip of territory situated on the banks of the river Tagus to the city of Lisbon.

In fact, besides the zone where the event was held, the holding of the EXPO’98 helped to redevelop the whole eastern zone of the capital, by means of a profound operation of urban renewal and environmental redevelopment.

The territory where this transformation took place, today known as Parque das Nações, underwent a series of tasks in a short space of time in order to regenerate 330 ha of land along 5 km of the Tagus waterfront. The Parque das Nações, which extends beyond the enclosure where the EXPO’98 was held (between 22 May and September 1998), reopened on 16 October of the same year – only two weeks later – as a place of universal use and enjoyment.

Parque EXPO was the company responsible for the whole process of putting on the EXPO’98 and the creation of the Parque das Nações. It was an extensive job to implement on the ground supported by robust and innovative urban planning, not only in terms of design, but also with regard to the regulatory aspects of the urbanization plan and the detailed plans implemented, as well as their adaptability to the circumstances of the real estate market, without compromising the underlying objectives and strategic criteria.

In order to maximise the return on the investment necessary to bring about the EXPO’98, ephemeral infrastructures were reduced as much as possible and important urban equipment was created, which is fully operational today and perfectly integrated into the urban life of the city of Lisbon, the main ones being the Estação do Oriente (intermodal transport station), the Pavilhão Atlântico (multi-use pavilion), the Pavilhão do Conhecimento (pavilion of knowledge – living science museum), the Teatro Camões (theatre) and the Oceanário de Lisboa (Oceanarium).

Offering a total of 110 hectares of green spaces, where the component of the landscape and the conception and management of green spaces is another of the exemplary aspects of this project, with special relevance for the Parque do Tejo (Tagus Park), the Jardim Garcia d’Orta, the Jardim da Água (water garden) or the Jardim das Ondas (wave garden), the Parque das Nações is noted for its excellent public space, enhanced by the quality of its urban design, wide pavements and attractive areas for circulation and simply being there, the excellence of its urban art and environmental quality. It is at once an area of recreation and leisure, a commercial zone, an exposition centre, and centre of culture and knowledge, visited, on average, by one million people every month, helping to boost tourism in the city of Lisbon.

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: Oceanário de Lisboa Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos (boulevard) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Rossio dos Olivais (pedestrian square) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Passeio das Tágides (walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Cais Português (walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Cais dos Argonautas (walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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The trendy residential areas are noted for their high architectural quality, ample and vibrant public space, with good accesses and for the progressive increase in the availability of proximity services and equipment, which helps to improve the quality of life. Fulfilling the established objectives, the areas intended for housing are highly dynamic, with predominantly young and well-educated occupants.

The Parque das Nações is also an innovative tertiary hub where companies from the most varied of areas proliferate, including the head offices of multinationals, which operate alongside public administration services.

Today, the Parque das Nações is a consolidated urban area where, according to opinion studies on the perception of the quality of life in the Parque das Nações, residents, workers and visitors claim a high level of satisfaction, namely enjoying most the quality of the green spaces and leisure zones, the degree of efficiency of its urban services and the innovative infrastructures associated to the urban project.

This project reconfigured the competitive positioning of the eastern zone of the city of Lisbon within the region and has helped to build a modern and competitive image of the metropolis.

With the implementation of this project, Parque EXPO was able to test and validate the importance of the adoption of mechanisms comprising:

.. Flexibility, both in the plans and management instruments of the interventions, and in the town planning solutions used; .. Innovation, in urban and architectonic projects, in the technical solutions adopted and in land management; .. Environmental sustainability, emphasising a pro-active attitude over the prevention and minimization of environmental impacts; .. Participation, through the involvement, in the various stages of the projects, of the diverse strata of the population and entities using the territory, thereby creating the conditions for further strengthening a strong local identity of a cohesive community; .. Nurturing vitality, because, in order to be sustainable, territories have to be lived in, dynamic and equipped with the capacity to reinvent and recreate themselves, namely through artistic and cultural manifestations.

Parque EXPO has therefore brought about what is, probably, the most ambitious national project of urban renewal and environmental redevelopment of the century, serving as a model of efficiency in the realization of policies of urban regeneration and as an international case study.

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: Alameda dos Oceanos Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Urban concept A new urban centre Seeking to find a balance in the distribution between the various urban functions, so that the concepts of centrality and quality of life could be implemented, the urban design for the regeneration of the eastern zone of Lisbon, known today as the Parque das Nações, was based on two major factors: the creation of a new urban centre within the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the development of a high quality of urban life.

The town planning also sought to rationalise the consumption of energy, both through building design and the operation of a centralised hot and cold distribution system. This system, which runs on natural gas, takes care of the hot and cold water supply and satisfies the climatization needs of the buildings located in the Parque das Nações, with a high degree of energy efficiency compared with the classic systems normally used for the purpose.

To do so the zone had to be made to be multifunctional, involving all the fundamental urban functions housing, services, commerce and leisure – in such a way as to obtain a balanced way of life within a high quality urban space.

This redevelopment operation also implied the construction of a new access network, enabling various modes of transport to be combined together with major road and rail infrastructures (Vasco da Gama bridge, alternative route to the north-bound motorway, the Lisbon region inner ring-road, suburban railway lines, a metropolitan rail system, the city’s road network), which was further enhanced with the construction of an intermodal transport station, the Estação do Oriente.

Within this context, a network of underground technical galleries was created for the subterranean infrastructures, for the installation of fibre-optic telecommunications networks, the implementation of a pneumatic solid urban waste collection and transportation network, with selective collection and up to two containerization facilities for subsequent transportation to a regional collection station.

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: Jardim das Ondas (wave garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Jardins da Água (water gardens) and Oceanário de Lisboa Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Jardim da Música (music garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilion of Knowledge) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Office building Parque das Nações Lisbon

In terms of landscaping, a vast area was created for parks, green zones and public spaces, while safeguarding the more environmentally sensitive areas (around 110 ha). The interconnection between the urban space and the River Tagus, recovering a 5 Km long riverfront, was one of the main driving forces behind the project which aimed to create a high quality urban environment articulated with the full use and enjoyment of the green spaces and free use of the riverfront. To do so, preference was given to footpaths and cycle lanes near alongside the river, structures for cultural displays, restaurant areas and infrastructures for water sports, supported by the construction and operation of a marina.

In order to turn this new “city space” into a permanently bustling, well-frequented area, a whole set of metropolitan equipment was built (urban anchors) which support the economic and social fabric of this space: the Lisbon Trade Fair Centre; the Oceanário de Lisboa (oceanarium); the Pavilhão Atlântico (multiuse pavilion); the Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal pavilion); the Teatro Camões (theatre); the Pavilhão do

Conhecimento (pavilion of knowledge); the Estação do Oriente (intermodal transport hub) and the Parque do Tejo (Tagus green park).

This operation was started in 1993 with the elaboration of a town planning plan for the whole territory which later led to six detailed plans which, altogether, consolidated the format of the proposed urban design.

Objectives To turn the urban and environmental redevelopment project associated to the hosting of the EXPO’98 in Lisbon into a unique opportunity for the application of new concepts, especially in terms of man’s relationship with the urban and environmental context he finds himself in, adopting the best town planning techniques and solutions, combined with an integrated environmental strategy for the recovery and enhancement of an area which prior to this had been devoid of any environmental and urban value, returning it to the population and to the city.

: Passeio Cais das Naus (walkmay) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of an urbanization plan for 330 ha and six detailed plans; .. Construction of a 6.2 km long technical gallery; .. Implementation of 40 km of primary domestic and rainwater drainage networks and 286 km of piping for gas, drinking water, irrigation, automatic collection of solid urban waste, domestic and rainwater drainage networks; .. Implementation of 110 ha of green leisure space; .. Creation of 650,000 m² of car parking; .. Construction of 1,240,000 m2 of space intended for housing, 480,000 m2 of space for services and 200,000 m2 for commerce.

: Cais Português (walkway and garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Rossio dos Olivais (pedestrian square) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Cais dos Argonautas (walkway and garden) Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Alameda dos Oceanos (boulevard) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: “O Homem Muralha” (urban art) Pedro Pires Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Avenida Dom João II (main avenue) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos (boulevard) Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Public space A thematic concept, a powerful demonstration of creativity It is undeniable that the existent of a prior thematic concept formed a kind of instruction manual. This was essential for researching and defining what sort of multifaceted language should be used to communicate its essence: a new form of conceiving urban space, a new way of identifying the city through dialogue with its river, a fresh panorama of visual limits, the creation of a new urban landscape set into the context of a very old city.

and powerful demonstration of creativity got people talking, stimulating their likes and dislikes, imagination and sensitivity.

The public space is based on a very simple idea, a orthogonal structure, built around a longitudinal axis called Alameda dos Oceanos (Ocean Boulevard); and another, of dashing vision, which runs from the Estação do Oriente to the river, structuring that which, in a tribute to all the public squares or “rossios” of the city of Lisbon, is the Rossio dos Olivais.

Objectives

There is a leit motiv from the methodological point of view: from the design to the choice of materials, from signposting to urban art, from functionality to comfort: water and the oceans. The non-exuberant detail

And this, about which only a distracted visitor would have little to say, is immense: what else would create that feeling of well-being that attracts millions of people, week after week, month after month, to the Parque das Nações?

To turn a new zone of the city of Lisbon – the Parque das Nações – into a quality public space of leisure integrated into the urban area, geared towards making the most of a new and extensive riverfront as well as enhancing the articulation between the pedestrianised zones and the road network. In this new public space, the Doca dos Olivais (Olivais Dock), the site of Oceanário de Lisboa, acts as a structural element within this new city space.

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: “Tempos diversos” (urban art) Rui Afonso Santos Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Portuguese paving (urban art) Fernando Conduto Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Portuguese paving (urban art) Rigo Parque das Nações Lisbon

: “Monstruosidades etc.”(urban art) Pedro Proença Parque das Nações, Lisbon

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: “Jardim das Ondas” (urban art) Fernanda Fragateiro Parque das Nações Lisbon

: “Pintura para um lugar comum” (urban art) Pedro Casqueiro Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Some numbers Green spaces .. Creation of 110 hectares of new green spaces; .. Planting of 20,000 trees, 70 000 bushes and 1,500 000 herbaceous plants; .. Enhancement and creation of lawns covering 376,000 m², 40,000 m² of grassland, 14,000 m² of ponds and 11,000 m² of shrubs.

Public space .. Creation of 64,400 m² of public urban space; .. Use of 220,000 m² of limestone paving, 180,000 m² of granite paving and 130,000 m² of concrete slabs.

: “Rizoma” (urban art) Antony Gormley Parque das Nações Lisbon

Urban art .. Urban art interventions held by the following artists – Carlos Aguirre, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Pedro Calapez, Alberto Carneiro, Pedro Casqueiro, Rui Chafes, Fernando Conduto, José Pedro Croft, João Cutileiro, Ilda David, Ângela Ferreira, Fernanda Fragateiro, Antony Gormley, Carsten Höller, Frabrice Hybert, Pedro Proença, Rigo, Manuel Rosa, Rolando Sá Nogueira, Rui Sanches, Susumu Shingu, Jorge Vieira Xana, Amy Yoes, Erró, Frederico Ferreira, Sílvio Martins and Rui Afonso Santos.

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: “No Mar da Palha” (urban art) Sílvio Martins Parque das Nações Lisbon

: “Silent Blow” (urban art) Frederico Ferreira Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Tiled panel (untitled – urban art) Erró Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos and Pavilhão de Portugal Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Alameda dos Oceanos Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Jardins da Água Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Parque do Tejo (Tagus green park) The Parque do Tejo occupies a riverside area on the right bank of the Tagus, with an area of around 90 hectares, running from the Torre Vasco da Gama (tower)to the south, to the River Trancão which forms its northern border. This park is a space natural, three-dimensional area with gardens full of diverse flora and fauna. It is a fantastic spot from which to observe the Tagus estuary (called the Mar da Palha or, literally, Sea of Straw) and its fauna. It is also a metropolitan park where people can practise a number of sports and leisure activities.

The Parque do Tejo embodies the symbolic character of the whole urban rehabilitation operation applied to the Parque das Nações, given that it originated and is located on the site of an old rubbish tip, an old junkyard and several wasteland plots.

Given its location on the banks of the Tagus River, the Park’s space was designed so that it could offer different types of visual and sensorial sceneries and transmit an idea of coherence and formal unity.

Location: Parque das Nações - Lisbon Area of the equipment: 90 ha Author: Architect João Nunes (PROAP) / Hargreaves Associates Project Date: 1995 - 1999

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: Passeio do Tejo (Tagus walkway) Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Estacada das Gaivotas (pier) Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Caminho do Arboreto (path) Parque do Tejo Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Passeio do Tejo Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

The park’s structure resulted from the combination of three elements: .. The shaping of the terrain – which is a structural element of the park. A three-dimensional, varied and cadenced landscape. These forms of shaping the terrain, the aeolic ones in particular, define an ecologic rhythm repeated throughout the park’s grounds, essentially by opposing southfacing gentle embankments with steeper ones facing north; .. Areas of plants and vegetation – the idea was to create a park for everyone’s enjoyment. The line that runs parallel to the river has a first strip of waterfront vegetation, poplars and ash-trees, corresponding to small plots in lower areas.

Upstream there is a continuous strip of pine trees

behind which, and where the park becomes wider and further from the river we see the first signs of a more inland area where there is a section dominated by cork trees. At the same time, in the marshy areas, the objective was to reproduce the estuary’s vegetation, so that the species that live in it could find their natural habitat; .. System of pathways – this comprises a hierarchical network that defines a functional and autonomous structure. This solution enhances its picturesque aspect namely by creating visual corridors and establishing elevated observation platforms over the immense body of water and, inland, over the marshy areas and lawns, providing harmonious contrasts between texture and animation.

: Passeio do Tejo Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

Objectives To create a vast park for human use and not just a garden, a park to provide comfort and enjoyment for human visitors, like a pure open air leisure area.

Due to its location by the river and the environmental recovery of the land occupied by rubbish tips and junkyards, the park “gave the river back to the city”, turning this vast area into a lively and pleasant place for humans and other species.

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: Caminho da Rainha (path) Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

: Caminho do Arboreto (path) Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

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Some numbers .. 15,000 planted trees; .. 13 diferent tree species planted; .. 17 ha treated and rehabilitated of the former landfill Beirolas.

: Caminho dos Pinheiros (path) Parque do Tejo Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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: Passeio do Tejo (pier) Parque do Tejo Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Estacada das Gaivotas (pier) Parque do Tejo Parque das Naçþes Lisbon

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04:015 . Albufeira

04:043 . Matosinhos

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: “She Changes” (urban art) Janet Echelman Matosinhos Polis Programme

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: Urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement of cities programme Living the cities

The Polis Programme – Urban Redevelopment and Environmental Enhancement of Cities Programme – was created by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (MAOT) in 20001, its main objective being to improve the quality of life in cities through the a series of urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement operations implemented through partnerships between local authorities and the central administration.

Neither wishing nor able to be an instrument that could resolve all Portuguese cities’ environmental and urbanistic problems, the Polis Programme was conceived to have demonstrative effect of what could be changed in the environmental and urban panorama of the cities. In this way, it has helped to make urban centres more attractive and competitive as these are increasingly the drivers of local and regional development, consolidating and reinforcing the national urban system.

Coming as part of a series of initiatives that were considered exemplary, the Polis Programme’s specific objectives were: .. To develop large integrated urban redevelopment operations with a major component of environmental engineering; .. To implement initiatives that would help to redevelop and revitalise urban centres and develop their multi-functionality;

1 Resolution de Council of Ministers no. 26/2000, of 15 May

.. To support other redevelopment initiatives which would improve the quality of the urban environment and enhance the presence of structural environmental features, such as riverfronts or coastal areas; .. To support initiatives aimed at increasing green zones, promoting pedestrianised areas and restricting motor traffic in urban centres.

The Programme’s structure was based on four components, the main component of which was large integrated urban and environmental recovery interventions in cities. That involved the articulated execution of a variety of projects and mobilised the population in their execution.

The innovation of this National Programme is in its concept – integrated and integrating detailed operations of territorial design – aimed at “improving the quality of life in the cities”, through the enhancement of their singular elements (rivers, seafronts, public squares and green parks) and projects to create, revitalise and refunctionalise spaces, thereby creating, new centralities within the cities.

Parque EXPO was called by the MAOT to be involved in all stages of the development of the Polis Programme, from its conception to its implementation. In fact, and right at the outset, it was responsible for the elaboration of 22 strategic plans for integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement operations in 22 cities from the north to the south of the country, namely: Agualva-Cacém, Albufeira, Aveiro, Beja, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Chaves, Coimbra, Costa da Caparica, Covilhã, Guarda, Leiria, Matosinhos, Portalegre, Setúbal, Silves, Tomar, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila do Conde, Vila Real and Viseu.

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: Silves Polis Programme – Strategic plan

: Vila do Conde Polis Programme – Strategic plan

: Vila Real Polis Programme – Strategic plan

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: Guarda Polis Programme – Strategic plan

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In this regard, Parque EXPO was responsible for the coordination of all the activities necessary to define the interventions to be carried out in each of the cities, for which it defined the intervention areas, the characterization studies to be performed, the structural projects to be executed, and the respective physical and financial planning.

With the approval of the programme and of the strategic plans for the cities, the Polis Companies were set up, which were charged, in the very deed of incorporation, of committing to Parque EXPO the responsibility of taking care of its management and implementation in 10 cities, through the signing of an agency contract between the respective Polis Company and Parque EXPO. In this regard, Parque EXPO has undertaken the following activities: surveys (cartographic, registration and amoung), characterization studies (environmental, geological, hydrological), land expropriation and acquisition procedures, elaboration of detailed and urbanization plans; monitoring of final technical designs, realization of construction works and their supervision, development of a variety of communication and environmental awareness initiatives and also the administrative and financial management of the Company itself.

The Polis Programme involved a wide variety of initiatives, with Parque EXPO playing a major role in their implementation in the cities of Agualva-CacĂŠm, Albufeira, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Costa da Caparica, Leiria, Matosinhos, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Gaia and Viseu, by systematically ensuring that the urbanistic and environmental dimensions of the action taken were technically compatible and integrated.

Overall, quite positive results were achieved, leading to a set of physical indicators which, given their relevance, should be highlighted: .. 28 detailed plans or urbanization plans were drawn up, all of which were subject to public discussion; .. More than 240 hectares of green areas were created or recovered and projects were developed along approximately 10 km of seafront and 27 km of riverfront; .. Around 1,176,000 m² of public space was redeveloped, around 77 km of foot and cycle paths were created and, giving priority to people rather than the motor car, importance was granted to the spatial organisation of car parking with the creation of 13,500 new car parking places.

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: Bragança Polis Programme – Strategic plan

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: Agualva-Cacém Sintra

: Agualva-Cacém Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention aimed at improving the quality of the urban environment by reformulating internal accesses and interconnections with surrounding urban centres, enhancing the natural structural elements of the city. The overall investment in this intervention was 115 million euros.

Objectives .. Redevelopment of the environmental system created by the Jardas riverbank area in articulation with the green parks, creating more green leisure areas and helping to improve the ecological balance of the city; .. Development of the urban design in order to improve the people’s living conditions; .. Structuring of accesses and their compatibility with the road-rail interface; .. Enhancement and extension of public areas, dignifying the urban image by the use of materials, urban furniture and adequate lighting.

Location: City of Agualva-Cacém Area: 45 ha Customer: CacémPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis no Cacém, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2009

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: Jardas riverside park CacĂŠm Polis Programme

: Jardas riverside park CacĂŠm Polis Programme

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of a detailed plan; .. Redevelopment of 107,500 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 129,195 m² of urban parks; .. Creation of 1,500 m of cycle paths; .. Construction of 16,250 m² of underground car parking; .. Construction of a built-up area of 14,746 m² (equipment / shops / housing).

: Road junction Cacém Polis Programme

: Jardim de Infância Popular (kindergarden) Cacém Polis Programme

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: Jardim de Infância Popular (kindergarden) CacÊm Polis Programme

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: Jardim de Infância Popular (kindergarden) CacÊm Polis Programme

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: Albufeira

: Albufeira Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to enhance the old centre of the city as a centre of urbantourist entertainment by improving internal mobility and creating quality public space. It will extend and redevelop Albufeira’s bathing space and ensure the urban sustainability of the old centre and of the seafront. The overall investment of this intervention was 48.7 million euros.

Objectives .. Urban restructuring of the Praça dos Pescadores (public square); .. Redevelopment of the old centre through its infrastructuring and pedestrianization; .. Development of public space in the Praça Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco (public square) and Avenida 25 de Abril (avenue); .. Implementation of restricted access zones for motor traffic.

Location: City of Albufeira Area: 21,5 ha Customer: PolisAlbufeira – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Albufeira, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2009

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: Largo Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco (square) Albufeira Polis Programme

: Praça da República (square) Albufeira Polis Programme

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of a detailed plan and an urbanization plan; .. Redevelopment of 27,500 m² of public space (plazas, public squares); .. Improvement of 33,863 m² of urban streets; .. Enhancement and creation of 69,000 m² of urban parks and 7,179 m² of green zones; .. Construction of 40,035 m² of car parking; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 483 m².

: Largo Jacinto d’Ayete (square) Albufeira Polis Programme

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: West seafront Albufeira Polis Programme

: Largo Jacinto d’Ayete (square) Albufeira Polis Programme

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: Castelo Branco

: Castelo Branco Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to revitalise the civic and historic centre of the city of Castelo Branco.

The intervention involves the recovery of public space (with new public squares being built), the creation of underground car parking, the pedestrianization of some roads and the creation of equipment and urban parks. The overall investment of this intervention was 40 million euros.

Objectives .. Redevelopment and enhancement of the public space in the Civic Centre and in the historic zone, with the constitution of the Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square), of the Praça Académica (square) and of the Praça Postiguinho de Valadares (square); .. Treatment of the public space in terms of urban furniture, signalling/sign posting and urban equipment; .. Creation of underground car parking; .. Redevelopment of the green zone of the Castle, of the S. Gens Belvedere, of the City Park / Loureiros Gardens and the Jardim do Paço (palace garden); .. Road restructuring of the Civic Centre – Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square) and historic centre.

Location: City of Castelo Branco Area: 33 ha Customer: PolisCastelo Branco – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Castelo Branco, S.A. Project Date: 2000 - 2010

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of a detailed plan; .. Creation and redevelopment of 26,352 m² of public space; . . Enhancement and creation of 44,500 m² of urban parks; .. Creation of 14,500 m² of footpaths and of 500 m of cycle paths; .. Construction of 850 car parking places; .. Rehabilitation of 38,092 m² of built-up space; .. Landscaping of 3,600 m² of buildings and spaces of historic interest; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre) with a constructed area of 593 m². : Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square) Castelo Branco Polis Programme

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: Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square) Castelo Branco Polis Programme

: Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square) Castelo Branco Polis Programme

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: Jardim do Paรงo (garden) Castelo Branco Polis Programme

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: Largo da Devesa (pedestrian square) Castelo Branco Polis Programme

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: Coimbra

: Coimbra Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to enhance the banks of the river Mondego and make the river part of city life again, reviving the river’s historic role as a structural feature of the city’s growth and structural support of the city itself. The overall investment of this intervention was 35 million euros.

Objectives .. Consolidation of the banks and surrounding area of the Parque Verde do Mondego (green park); .. Redevelopment of the public space of the Santa Clara bridge, of the Lage Junction and of the Manuel Braga Park; .. Articulation of the project of the Santa Clara Gardens with the construction of the coffer-dam for the conservation and enhancement of the Santa Clara Monastery; .. Construction of the bridge for pedestrians and bicycles connecting both banks – “Ponte Pedro e Inês”; .. Better accesses by improving road connections between both banks and the centre; .. Installation of entertainment equipment, sports fields and informal spaces and support car parking.

Location: City of Coimbra Area: 80 ha Customer: CoimbraPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Coimbra, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2009

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of two detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 70,265 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 405,000 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 2,850 m² of riverfront; .. Creation of 3,800 m of foot and cycle paths, with the construction of the footbridge “Pedro e Inês” on the river; .. Pedestrianization and traffic restrictions in 16,200 m² of streets; .. Construction of 3,000 car parking places; .. Landscaping of 23,000 m² of built-up areas and spaces of historic interest; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 260 m².

: Parque Verde do Mondego (green park) Coimbra Polis Programme

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: Parque Verde do Mondego (green park) Coimbra Polis Programme

: Ponte Pedro e InĂŞs (footbridge) Coimbra Polis Programme

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: Parque Verde do Mondego (green park) Coimbra Polis Programme

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: Parque Verde do Mondego (green park) Coimbra Polis Programme

: Costa da Caparica

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: Costa da Caparica Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to boost tourist, cultural, sporting and other activities which contribute towards the economic and social development of this territory. The overall investment of this intervention is 199.5 million euros.

Objectives .. Redevelopment of the public space in the urban beachfront of Costa da Caparica; .. Relocation and construction of support installations for fishing; .. Construction and renewal of beach support on all beachfronts; .. Construction of the urban gardens; .. Road and pedestrian redevelopment of the Avenida Aresta Branco (main avenue) and Estrada Florestal (road); .. Urban consolidation to the east of Avenida Aresta Branco (main avenue); .. Consolidation of the rural structure of Terras da Costa; .. Construction of new campsites and re-naturalization of the beachfront with the freeing-up of the coastal dunes.

Location: City of Costa da Caparica Area: 650 ha Customer: CostaPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis na Costa da Caparica, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2011

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of seven detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 138,600 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 100,000 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 7,650 m² of coastline; .. Creation of 32 000 m of footpaths and 14,200 m of cycle-paths; .. Construction of 2,600 car parking places; .. Rehabilitation of 1000 m² of edified; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 560 m². : Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre Costa da Caparica Polis Programme

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: Seaside walkway Costa da Caparica Polis Programme

: Urban park Costa da Caparica Polis Programme

: Leiria

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: Leiria Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to enhance the banks of the river Lis and make the river part of city life again, reviving the river’s historic role as a structural feature of the city’s growth and structural support of the city itself. The intervention also covers the redevelopment of the consolidated zone of the city and spaces of transition between the historic centre and the urban fringe. The overall investment of this intervention was 37 million euros.

Objectives .. Environmental enhancement of the area surrounding the Santo Agostinho Convent; .. Redevelopment of the public square, Rossio de Leiria, the nerve centre of the city’s network of public spaces; .. Physical and functional reformulation of the City Park helping to create a better relationship between the river and the city; .. Construction of the Fonte Quente car park and redevelopment of the public space on the surface; .. Environmental redevelopment of the banks of the river Lis between the Sá Carneiro bridge and the IC2 bridge, creating um linear riverside park.

Location: City of Leiria Area: 125 ha Customer: LeiriaPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Leiria, S.A. Project Date: 2000 - 2008

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: Ponte Bar (bar bridge) Leiria Polis Programme

: Ponte Balc達o (balcony bridge) Leiria Polis Programme

: Ponte Piquenique (picnic bridge) Leiria Polis Programme

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of four detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 106,513 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 282,982 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 7,650 m² of riverfront; .. Creation of 11,950 m² of foot and cycle paths, including 13 footpaths along the river Lis; .. Construction of 1,250 car parking places; .. Rehabilitation of 27,898 m² of built-up space; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 250 m². : Ponte Parque Infantil (kindergarden bridge) Leiria Polis Programme

: Ponte Sofá (sofa bridge) Leiria Polis Programme

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: Castle and historic centre Leiria Polis Programme

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: Radical sport park Leiria Polis Programme

: Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre Leiria Polis Programme

: Fonte Quente car park Leiria Polis Programme

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: Matosinhos

: Matosinhos Integrated spatial organisation of the coastline and urban redevelopment intervention aimed at improving the quality of the urban environment and enhancing the presence of the existing environmental elements.

The overall investment of this intervention was 20 million euros.

Objectives .. Conversion of the South Matosinhos coastal strip; .. Extension of the conversion to the south, including the Praça Cidade do Salvador (square); .. Extension of the conversion to the north, including the area around the Senhor do Padrão monument; .. Creation of a underground car park under the Avenida General Norton de Matos (avenue); .. Urban-landscaping integration of the “Gist-Brocades” factory.

Location: City of Matosinhos Area: 10 ha Customer: PolisMatosinhos – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Matosinhos, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2006

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Some numbers .. Creation and redevelopment of 64,000 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 5,300 m² of urban parks; .. Construction of 8,500 m² of underground car parking; .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 262 m².

: Passeio Atlântico (pedestrian boulevard) Matosinhos Polis Programme

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: “She Changes” (urban art) Janet Echelman Matosinhos

: Senhor do Padrão monument Matosinhos Polis Programme

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: Passeio Atl창ntico (pedestrian boulevard) Matosinhos Polis Programme

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: Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre Matosinhos Polis Programme

: Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre Matosinhos Polis Programme

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: Viana do Castelo

: Viana do Castelo Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention aimed at improving the quality of the urban environment and enhancing the presence of natural structural elements (river Lima, Atlantic seafront and Monte de Santa Luzia) and its interconnection with the city. The overall investment of this intervention is 98 million euros.

Objectives .. Development of an urban park, with great potential for fun and games; .. Redevelopment of the whole riverfront of the city and construction of a swing bridge; .. Redevelopment in the historic centre, establishing criteria and priorities for the recovery of the buildings and of the public spaces; .. Creation of important public equipment in the Praça da Liberdade (public square).

Location: City of Viana do Castelo Area: 157 ha Customer: VianaPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Viana do Castelo, S.A. Project Date: 2000 - 2011

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of three detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 450,000 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 250,000 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 4.7 km of riverfront; .. Creation of 9,460 m² of cycle paths; .. Construction of 45,000 m² of underground car parking; .. Construction of a constructed area of 18,000 m² (equipment/ shops/ housing); .. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 458 m². : Historic centre Viana do Castelo Polis Programme

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: Riverfront Viana do Castelo Polis Programme

: Housing Viana do Castelo Polis Programme

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: Swing bridge Viana do Castelo Polis Programme

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: Housing Viana do Castelo Polis Programme

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: Vila Nova de Gaia

: Vila Nova de Gaia Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental requalification intervention which aims to enhance the banks of the river Douro and of the coastal strip of the city of Gaia. The overall investment of this intervention was 33 million euros.

Objectives .. Restructuring of the Afurada fishing port; .. Redevelopment of the public space in Afurada; .. Creation of the Canidelo and Afurada coastal road (marginal) and of the structural road connecting the coastal road to the Rua da BĂŠlgica (street).

Location: City of Gaia Area: 210 ha Customer: GaiaPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Vila Nova de Gaia, S.A. Project Date: 2001 - 2010

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: Riverfront sidewalk Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

: Riverfront sidewalk Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

: Public space Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of four detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 81,675 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 160,000 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 4,200 m of riverfront and 750 m of seafront; .. Creation of 3,000 m² of cycle paths; .. Construction area of 3,000 m² (equipments/ shops/ housing).

: Riverside public space Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

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: Riverfront sidewalk Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

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: Seafront walkway Vila Nova de Gaia Polis Programme

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: Viseu

: Viseu Integrated urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement intervention which aims to enhance the banks of the river Pavia and make the river part of city life again, the rehabilitation of public space and the preservation of the important archaeological and historic heritage of Viseu. The overall investment of this intervention was 52 million euros.

Objectives .. Redevelopment of the river Pavia and surrounding area through the creation of artificial lakes and support equipment; .. Construction of the Aguieira Urban Park and of the Radial de Santiago Urban Park; .. Redevelopment of the Calçada de Viriato (street) and installation of a new means of environmental friently transport, connecting Cava de Viriato to the historic zone; .. Creation of pedestrian roalscrossing the Cava de Viriato; .. Redevelopment of the Feira de São Mateus zone (main pedestrian square).

Location: City of Viseu Area: 210 ha Customer: ViseuPolis – Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento do Programa Polis em Viseu, S.A. Project Date: 2000 - 2010

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: Cava de Viriato (archaelogical site) Viseu Polis Programme

: River Pavia green park Viseu Polis Programme

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Some numbers .. Elaboration of four detailed plans; .. Creation and redevelopment of 103,665 m² of public space; .. Enhancement and creation of 48,000 m² of urban parks; .. Improvement of 5,700 m² of riverfront; .. Creation of 10,320 m ² of pedestrian roals and 6,500 m of cycle paths; .. Pedestrianization and traffic restrictions in 63 840 m² of streets; .. Construction of 560 car parking places; .. Landscaping of 13,500 m² of constructed space and spaces of historic interest; .. Rehabilitation of 575 m² of constructed space; : Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre Viseu Polis Programme

.. Construction of public equipment (Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Centre), with a constructed area of 250 m².

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: Feira de S達o Mateus (main square) Viseu Polis Programme

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: River Pavia green park Viseu Polis Programme

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Polis Coastline Programme 05:007 . North coast 05:013 . Aveiro estuary 05:021 . Formosa estuary 05:027 . South-West Alentejo and Vicentine coast

: Vicentine coast Polis Litoral

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: Coastline redevelopment and enhancement operations

The Polis Litoral (Polis Coastline) – Programme for Integrated Coastline Redevelopment and Enhancement Operations – was created by the Ministry of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Regional Development in 20081, with the objective of implementing a strategy of intervention in the coastal zone, aimed at the integrated and coordinated protection of the environment and enhancement of the landscape and which also included the sustainability and development of the economic activities in the respective regions.

It was implemented by performing a number of redevelopment and enhancement operations in zones at risk and in run-down natural areas situated on the coast, in previously defined priority intervention areas amongst which were the Formosa estuary, Aveiro estuary, the North coast and the South-West Alentejo coast and the Vicentine coast, the latter being the most recent intervention area to be included in the Polis Coastline Programme.

Public interest in the coastline redevelopment and enhancement operations was clearly acknowledged, and these aimed: .. To protect and redevelop the coastal zone, in order to defend the coastal region, promote the conservation of nature and biodiversity, the re-naturalization and restructuring of the zones of lagoon and the preservation of the natural heritage and landscape, all within an approach of sustainable management;

1 Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 90/2008, of 3 June

.. To protect and defend people, property and systems from natural risks; .. To promote the public use and enjoyment of the coast, through the redevelopment of bathing areas and of environmental and cultural heritage; .. To exploit environmental resources as a factor of competitivity, through the enhancement of the economic activities related to the coast’s resources and associating them to the preservation of these natural resources.

In order to define the guidelines and strategic orientation of the Polis Coastline, the Ministry set up specific Working Groups for each of the priority intervention areas, each of which included Parque EXPO. In this regard, Parque EXPO was responsible for coordinating all of the activities necessary for the planning and conception of four strategic plans, which defined the areas for intervention and drew up the characterization studies, the operational strategies, the structural projects and the respective physical and financial planning.

In order to put the set of interventions which comprised the Polis Coastline into operation, companies with exclusively public capital were created – Polis Litoral Companies – with a majority stake held by the State and a minority share held by the municipalities involved, the latter having the sole objective of executing the strategy defined for each of the interventions approved through the strategic plans.

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: Aveiro Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

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: Formosa estuary Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

In the legal diplomas which constituted the Polis Litoral Companies the State immediately appointed Parque EXPO as the entity with competence to take charge of the management and general coordination of the Polis operations, recognising it as a company capable of taking the pragmatic action which would perform the redevelopment interventions on the coast.

Reinforcing its position as a company in the corporate sector of the State with a clear vocation for the management of integrated large-scale operations, Parque EXPO signed a contract with the four Polis Litoral Companies, covering the management and implementation of the interventions.

In this context, it became responsible for developing the following activities: surveys (cartographic, registration, other), characterization studies (environmental, geological, hydrological, other), land expropriation and acquisition procedures, elaboration of detailed and urbanization plans; monitoring of final technical designs, realization of construction works and their supervision, development of a variety of communication and environmental awareness initiatives and also the administrative and financial management of the Company itself.

The integrated coastline redevelopment and enhancement operations of the Formosa estuary, the South-west Alentejo coast and the Vicentine coast, Aveiro estuary and the North coast are currently in the management stage, covering 25% of the portuguese coast, besides 180 km of lagoon front and 35 km of estuary front.

: Vicentine coast Polis Litoral Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina

: Fão Esposende Polis Litoral Norte

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: North Coast Polis Litoral Norte Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operation of the coastal area of the municipalities of Caminha, Viana do Castelo and Esposende, covering the estuary zones of the main rivers – Minho, Lima and Cávado and within the area of the North Coast Natural Park. The overall investment set aside for this intervention is 92 million euros.

Objectives .. Implementation of corrective measures to combat erosion and coastal defence; .. Spatial organisation and development of seafronts; .. Enhancement of the landscape and of the environment of the small estuaries; .. Redevelopment and enhancement of areas adjacent to the coastal zone; .. Rehabilitation and enhancement of heritage and singular features of the landscape; .. Creation of support infrastructures for bathing; .. Promotion of sustainable mobility as a way of life in the coastal zone; .. Redevelopment of riverfronts; .. Enhancement and innovation in the traditional economic activities; .. Application of the Information and Communication Technologies for territorial information and promotion.

Location: Coastline of the municipalities of Caminha, Viana do Castelo and Esposende Area: 5,000 ha Customer: Polis Litoral Norte – Sociedade para a Requalificação e Valorização do Litoral Norte, S.A. Project Date: 2009 - 2013

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: Areosa mills Polis Litoral Norte

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: C么jo Fort Polis Litoral Norte

: Caminha Polis Litoral Norte

: Pine forest Camarido Polis Litoral Norte

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: Location of the operations Polis Litoral Norte

Restructuring and consolidation of maritime structures for coastal defense Portinho do Lumiar Pedra Alta groin Neiva river mouth Ofir/ Pedrinhas Rehabilitation, protection of dune systems and re-naturalization of degraded natural area Camarido Rochedos de Santo Isidoro Caldeirão dune Montedor Areosa Rodanho Pedra Alta/ River Neiva mouth Barca Belinho dune Cepães Ofir sandbank

Spatial organisation and redevelopment of the seafront Carreço beach Amorosa Pedra Alta São Bartolomeu do Mar Ofir touristic area Pedrinhas/ Cedobém/ Apúlia Enhancement of the landscape and of the environment of the small estuaries River Coura mouth River Âncora mouth River Neiva mouth Redevelopment and enhancement of pine areas adjacent to the coastal zone Camarido Gelfa

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Rehabilitation and enhancement of the landscape adjacent to the bathing areas Câmboas (Vila Praia de Âncora) Porto da Vinha (Areosa) Rodanho Criation of support infrastrutures for bathing Forte do Cão beach ínsua beach Afife beach Arda/ Bico beach Paçô beach Amorosa beach Castelo do Neiva beach Rio de Moinhos beach Cepães beach Ramalha beach

Riverfronts enhancement Caminha coastal road Area surrounding Santiago da Barra fort Praia Norte/ Coral Cabedelo Esposende Fão Criation of the Litoral Norte Natural Park “Gate” Criation of the Ecovia do Litoral

: Aveiro

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: Aveiro estuary Polis Litoral Ria Aveiro Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operation of the 60 km of coastline. This operation also covers Aveiro estuary, with a lagoon front of 128 km and 24 km of the riverfront of the river Vouga. The overall investment set aside for this intervention is 98 million euros.

Objectives .. Recovery of dunes and lagoons; .. Spatial organisation and development of the Esmoriz and Cortegaça seafronts; .. Reinforcement of the banks/recovery of dikes aimed at risk prevention; .. Preservation and redevelopment of natural features; .. Spatial organisation and enhancement of the fishing activity; .. Creation of support infrastructures for tourism and bathing; .. Promotion of mobility and spatial organisation of circulation in the estuary; .. Spatial organisation and development of the lagoon fronts; .. Creation and improvement of support structures for recreational nautical activities.

Location: Coastline between the Esmoriz channel, Mira beach and a zone of lagoons

by Aveiro estuary Area: 37,000 ha Customer: Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro – Sociedade para a Requalificação e Valorização da Ria de Aveiro, S.A. Project Date: 2009 - 2013

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: C么jo canal Aveiro

: Fonte Nova canal Aveiro

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: S達o Roque canal Aveiro

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: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 1, 2 and 3 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 7 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 9 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

Axis 1. Recovery of dune and lagoons

Axis 7. Preservation and redevelopment of natural features

Axis 8. Study of economic activities and their dynamics

1.1. Protect and restore the dune system

7.1. Pateiras de Fermentelos and Pateiras de Frossos

Axis 9. Spatial organisation and enhancement of the fishing activity

1.2. Transposition of sediment to optimize the hydrodynamic balance

7.2. Mira and Mar lagoons

Axis 2. Spatial organisation and development of the Esmoriz and Cortegaça seafronts

7.3. Sítio da barrinha de Esmoriz

Axis 3. Reinforcement of the banks/recovery of dikes aimed at risk prevention

7.5. São Jacinto dune natural reserve

Axis 4. Studies of evolution and dynamic coastal and estuarine Axis 5. Characterization studies of the ecological quality of the estuary Axis 6. Survey of illegal occupations in public domaine along the banks

7.4. Sítio do rio Vouga

9.1. Coast 9.2. Lagoon

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: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 10 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 11 and 12 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Location of the actions included in intervention axis 14 Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

Axis 10. Creation of support infrastructures for tourism and bathing

Axis 11. Promotion of mobility and spatial organisation of circulation in the estuary

Eixo 13. Communication and territorial promotion

11.1. Study of mobility and navigability in the lagoon

13.2. Environmental features discovery plan -“Portas da Ria” (estuary gates)

11.2. Marking and signaling the kennel navigation 11.3. Creation of road cycling as a way of living the estuary Axis 12. Spatial organisation and development of the lagoon fronts 12.1. Ovar 12.2. Murtosa 12.3. Estarreja 12.4. Aveiro 12.5. Ílhavo 12.6. Vagos 12.7. Mira

13.1. Marketing plan

Eixo 14. Creation and improvement of support structures for recreational nautical activities

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: S達o Pedro Aveiro Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Costa Nova Aveiro Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

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: Costa Nova Aveiro Polis Litoral Ria de Aveiro

: Formosa estuary Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

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: Formosa estuary Polis Litoral Ria Formosa Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operation of the zone of lagoons of the Formosa estuary, in the Formosa Estuary Natural Park. The overall investment set aside for this intervention is 87 million euros.

Objectives .. Protection and redevelopment of the coastal zone, aimed at risk prevention; .. Promotion of the conservation of the nature and biodiversity, related with sustainable management; .. Redevelopment and revitalization of the estuary fronts; .. Enhancement of fishing hubs; .. Spatial organisation and development of mobility; .. Enhancement of economic activities related with the estuary’s resources; .. Enhancement of the “estuary spaces” for public enjoyment; .. Promotion of the Formosa estuary based upon environmental and cultural heritage.

Location: Coastline of the municipalities of Vila Real de Santo António, Tavira, Olhão, Faro and Loulé Area: 19,245 ha Customer: Polis Litoral Ria Formosa – Sociedade para a Requalificação e Valorização do Litoral Ria Formosa, S.A. Project Date: 2009 - 2013

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: Olh達o Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

: Cacela Velha Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

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: Fuseta island Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

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: Armona island Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

: Culatra island Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

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: Cacela Velha Polis Litoral Ria Formosa

: Vicentine coast

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: South-west Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Polis Litoral Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operation of the coastline of the municipalities of Sines, Odemira, Aljezur and Vila do Bispo in the area of the Natural Park of the South-West Alentejo and the Vicentine Coast. The overall investment set aside for this intervention is 47 million euros.

Objectives .. Protection and recovery of dune and cliff systems; .. Reinstatement of the natural environment through the recovery and protection of the coastal systems; .. Environmental redevelopment and rehabilitation of natural heritage; .. Development of and leverage for the fishing activity; .. Enhancement and development of bathing spaces; .. Urban development of small coastal agglomerates; .. Promotion of sustainable mobility; .. Support structures for tourist activities related with nature; .. Equipment to divulge cultural and scientific information.

Location: Coastline of the municipalities of Sines, Odemira, Aljezur and Vila do Bispo Area: 9,500 ha Customer: Polis Litoral Sudoeste – Sociedade para a Requalificação e Valorização do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, S.A. Project Date: 2010 - 2013

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: Vila Nova de Mil Fontes Odemira Polis Litoral Sudoeste

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: Almograve beach Odemira Polis Litoral Sudoeste

: Fort of the beach of Ilha do Pessegueiro Sines Polis Litoral Sudoeste

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: Location of actions included in intervention axis 1 Polis Litoral Sudoeste

: Location of actions included in intervention axis 2 Polis Litoral Sudoeste

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: Location of actions included in intervention axis 3 Polis Litoral Sudoeste Axis 1: Enhancement of natural heritage and landscape p1. Protection and recovery of dune and cliff systems p2. Reinstatement of the natural environment through the recovery and protection of the coastal systems p3. Environmental redevelopment and rehabilitation of natural heritage Axis 2: Territorial redevelopment to support to traditional economic activities p4. Development of and leverage for the fishing activity p5. Enhancement and development of bathing spaces p6. Urban development of small coastal agglomerates Axis 3: Diversification of the territory living experiences by enhancing endogenous resources p7. Promotion of sustainable mobility p8. Support structures for tourist activities related with nature p9. Equipment to divulge cultural and scientific information p10. Territorial Marketing

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: Odeceixe beach Aljezur Polis Litoral Sudoeste

: Arrifana Aljezur Polis Litoral Sudoeste

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: Chapel in Beliche Fort Vila do Bispo Polis Litoral Sudoeste

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Polis Rivers Programme

: River Douro’s valley

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: Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operations on Portuguese rivers

The approval of the Water Law marks an important stage in the process of articulating the management of hydric resources and spatial planning, by transposing the Framework Directive on Water into national law, establishing the bases for the sustainable management of water resources and defining a new institutional model for the management of inland, transitional and coastal waters.

Within a strategic context of enhancing water resources under a policy of sustainable development for the country, it is this Government’s intention to make good use of the experience gained in the Polis Programme and in the Polis Coastline Programme and to launch a Polis Rivers Programme for the redevelopment and enhancement of rivers.

With this Programme it is intended to carry out a number of integrated operations of an inter-municipal nature on Portuguese rivers, with priority status, aimed at the conservation and rehabilitation of the watersheds and of riverside zones. The programme intends also, the riverbanks landspape improving, the urban redevelopment of riverside centres and the economic and social development of the respective communities.

In general terms, the operations to be included in the Polis Rivers Programme involve the following objectives:

.. Protection and development of rivers, aimed at promoting the conservation of nature and biodiversity and the preservation of natural heritage and the landscape; .. Prevention of natural risks and defence of people, property and systems from these; .. Stimulation and enhancement of economic activities compatible with the biophysical values inherent to rivers from the perspective of local and regional competitivity; .. Motivation of people to enjoy rivers, supported by the enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage and the development or implantation of spaces intended for tourism and leisure; .. Development of riverside urban centres, creating lively spaces of quality.

The Polis Rivers Programme, applies to the main typologies of rivers that characterise the national situation, or rather, the big national and/or cross-border rivers that form the main rivers basins, and small rivers or shorter water courses.

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: Aldeia da Palhota Cartaxo Polis Tejo

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: Castelo de Rodão Polis Tejo

The interventions under the Polis Rivers Programme are eminently public in scope, forming instruments to articulate public policies and investments between different levels (central and municipal) and sectors of spatial administration, and which, given their integrated character, encourage private investment.

This is a programme with an operative character, establishing models and specific management structures for each intervention.

The time schedule of the interventions allowed for in the Polis Rivers is the short/ medium term, to be fully operational within a period of five years.

Taking into account the broad diversity of characteristics of portuguese rivers, due to their different proportions and geographical insertion, the Polis Rivers Programme considers two different components: .. Component 1 – Integrated enhancement operations on the main national rivers (structural operations on the main river basins); .. Component 2 – Integrated enhancement interventions on small rivers (coastal rivers and streams, tributaries of large rivers and mountain rivers).

The implementation of these operations under the Polis Rivers Programme, which are intended to be exemplary, include setting up solid and consequent partnerships between the central administration and the municipalities surrounding the course of

: Monte Fidalgo Polis Tejo

the river subject to intervention, in order to fulfil a common objective – to redevelop and enhance portuguese rivers.

Given the territorial dimension and the entities involved, the interventions included in component 1 are implemented by public companies set up for this purpose with exclusively public capital, with the central administration of the State holding a majority stake and the respective local municipalities retaining a minority holding.

Parque EXPO performs the management.

The interventions included in component 2 of the programme involve simple operational models (contracts program, protocols, agreements, other) to be established between the Regional Water Management Boards and the respective local municipalities or other relevant local entities.

The operations which make up this programme, in both components, are defined in strategic and operational framework plans, prepared with the technical support of Parque EXPO. In view of the environmental and economic sensitivity and the national importance of these resources, the conception of the interventions is articulated by the administrative entities with competence in this matter – the Regional Water Management Boards and the municipalities involved, within the respective territorial limits of operation.

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: Vila Velha de Rodão Portas de Rodão Polis Tejo

: River Tagus Polis Tejo Integrated redevelopment and enhancement operation on the river Tagus, along its route (230 km). This aims to conserve and rehabilitate the watersheds and the riverside zones, contemplating the landscaping of its banks, the redevelopment of riverside urban centres and the economic and social development of its communities.

The vision laid out for the Tagus – A Living River, A Lively Place – is the motto for the development of a number of projects and actions aimed at creating a benchmark territory – enhancing its unique heritage, boosting economic, recreational and leisure activities and tourism, and ensuring its environmental value – promoting the Tagus as a factor of the identity and development of the region and of the country.

Objectives .. The Tagus, a benchmark of environmental quality – the biophysical diversity in the Tagus valley lends it tremendous environmental wealth, which should be valued and preserved;

.. The Tagus, a place of economic development – enhancing and modernising the economic activities that directly depend on the river, that are essential for settling its population and for the dynamics of the existing landscape; particular highlight is given to improving tourist sites and services within a context of integrated and sustainable development; .. The Tagus, a place for socializing and leisure – redeveloping and revitalizing the riverside centres of the Tagus and promoting greater proximity between the main urban agglomerates and their river; .. The Tagus, natural and cultural heritage – enhancing and promoting the heritage (natural, historic and cultural) in order to reinforce the local identity and help to diversify its attraction as a tourist destination; .. The Tagus, a place of knowledge, innovation and education – promoting scientific research and the knowledge of the eco-systems, will foment adaptive management heavily based on technical and scientific knowledge; the promotion of

environmental education and knowledge of the natural and socio-economic values of the Tagus will contribute towards the recognition of the value of the Tagus Valley and to increase awareness of the need for its protection and enhancement; .. The Tagus, more controlled and navigable – making the river a joining and connecting factor between the various municipalities and the diverse activities, making it navigable along its course (by water or by land), is a project of change and modernity which will be the driver of development for the whole region.

Location: Riverside strip of the municipalities Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Vila Velha de Rodão, Nisa, Gavião, Mação, Abrantes, Constância, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Chamusca, Alpiarça, Almeirim, Santarém, Salvaterra de Magos, Cartaxo, Azambuja, Alenquer, Benavente and Vila Franca de Xira.

Intervention area: 690 km2 Client: Hydrographic Administration of the Tagus Region / Ministry of the Environment and of Spatial Planning.

Date: 2010-2015

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: Nisa Polis Tejo

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: Azambuja Polis Tejo

: Aldeia da Palhota Cartaxo Polis Tejo

: SantarĂŠm Polis Tejo

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: Alpiarรงa Polis Tejo

: Gaviรฃo Polis Tejo

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: Castelo de Rod達o Vila Velha de Rod達o Polis Tejo

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Urban redevelopment and spatial planning 07:007 . Ajuda – Belém

07:049 . Évora

07:087 . Oliveira de Azeméis

07:013 . Alcácer do Sal

07:055 . Faro

07:091 . Pedrouços – Dafundo

07:019 . Alqueva

07:059 . Fátima

07:095 . Portalegre

07:023 . Arco Ribeirinho Sul

07:063 . Laborim

07:099 . Sintra

07:029 . Baixa Pombalina

07:067 . Leiria

07:105 . Vale da Telha

07:035 . Coimbra

07:071 . Litoral Norte and Vale do Lima

07:109 . Vale do Minho

07:037 . Dão – Lafões

07:075 . Mafra

07:113 . Vila Nova de Gaia

07:041 . Estação do Oriente

07:079 . Marvão

07:117 . Vila Real de Santo António

07:045 . Estremoz

07:083 . Montijo

07:121 . Viseu

: Monsaraz

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: Urban redevelopment and spatial planning Projects for the Portuguese State and municipalities

In general, the projects included in this category are strategic framework studies carried out on regions, municipalities or cities, but which may also apply only to Historic centres or even to specific areas which require more urgent intervention.

In general terms they aim to contribute towards urban redevelopment and revitalization, articulating the policies planned for the various sectors, namely housing, commerce, services, equipment, transports and infrastructures, public space and the environment. Alongside the physical intervention, the functional, social and even “symbolic” dimension of the territories is also considered, aimed at bolstering their vitality and identity, always from the perspective of improving the quality of life of their populations.

As each territory has its own local and regional characteristics and dynamics, there can be no pre-established formula for the whole process, but rather an approach which is adapted to the characteristics, needs and potential of the case in question.

It should be pointed out, above all, that underlying each project there is an integrated approach to the planning and intervention, which takes articulation with the surrounding territories into account, through a vision of the whole which sets out to contribute towards the development of sustainable and competitive territories.

In the context of current urban trends, which increasingly lead to the extensive and disperse growth of the territory, historic centres have undergone a process of economic and population decline, losing the hegemony they once

held. Their weaknesses together with their outstanding role as symbols of their cities, spaces of identity and of reference, and with a unique historic, cultural and architectonic heritage, make them prime areas within the group of projects prepared

by Parque EXPO, which strive to become multifunctional spaces, “living organisms” that are dynamic and not mere “city-museums”.

Similarly, and mainly as a result of the impulse given by the Parque das Nações project, urban sea and river fronts constitute public spaces that should be developed and lived and enjoyed to the full. In this context, Parque EXPO has developed and is developing numerous projects geared towards the“rediscovery” of these waterfronts as spaces of urban and environmental enhancement, fully integrated within the city’s dynamics.

The work undertaken in these strategic framework projects is based on various stages. The first step corresponds to the construction of a prospective diagnosis, based on the information provided by the local technical team, on specific factfinding missions undertaken for the purpose, and on the analysis of various plans, projects and studies, existing and in progress. Besides learning about the pros and cons in this stage, one can then identify the vocation of the territory in question.

Based on this diagnosis, the intervention strategy is then developed in which the main guidelines are formulated and the priority strategic aspects are established, which in turn unfold into a vast series of actions. In parallel with this, specific measures to be adopted in terms of territorial promotion and marketing initiatives are contemplated.

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: Historic centre of Sintra Strategic framework

: AlcacĂŠr do Sal Strategic framework

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: DĂŁo-LafĂľes region Strategic framework and operactional plan

The fact that they act on different scales results in the assumption of different degrees of detail, both in terms of the diagnosis made and in terms of the strategic guidelines themselves. While some of these projects operate on a more macro level, creating recommendations for the general principles of intervention and respective structural projects, others lead to more detailed action and even go as far down as detailed urban design, based on exhaustive surveys which in some cases are processed on a building-by-building basis.

In turn, certain projects have a somewhat distinct nature, performing the specific function of supporting the elaboration of territorial management instruments – municipal master plans, urban plans or detailed plans and, in these cases, a more regulatory component and a technical management consultancy is associated to the elaboration of the strategy.

Guidelines in terms of governance are also proposed, with the intention of helping to set up a concerted basis of work of urban rehabilitation between the municipalities and the various public and private agents involved.

The operational character of these projects is a fundamental goal, and so, finally, the mechanisms for the effective implementation and territorialisation of the defined actions are presented and, in this context, the physical planning of the interventions is presented associated to the estimates for the investment to be made and the respective financing model, considering the National Strategic Reference Framework. When requested, Parque EXPO can take charge of the whole process of conception and elaboration of bids to be submitted by the municipality to the respective Operational Programmes.

: Belém Lisbon

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: Ajuda-Belém Redevelopment and revitalization intervention Intervention to redevelop and revitalise the zone of Ajuda-Belém, contemplating the public space and the redevelopment of some important cultural buildings and equipment, like the new Coach Museum and the Ajuda National Palace. This idea of this project is to create the conditions so that this hub can act not only leverage the development of tourism in Lisbon, but also act as an instrument of the economic, social and cultural development of the city.

Objectives .. Construction of the new Coach Museum; .. Final touches to the Ajuda National Palace; .. Installation of the Picadeiro Real (Royal Riding School); .. Redevelopment and enhancement of the Botanical Gardens and of the Tropical Gardens in public spaces to be redeveloped, and the creation of a tour of the gardens; .. Redevelopment of the public space of the Calçada da Ajuda, improving articulation between the low part and the high part, establishing new routes and paths; .. Construction of infrastructures and of new pedestrian crossing points which would improve approximation to and enjoyment of the river;

Location: Municipality of Lisbon

.. Resolution of the problems of car parking and of questions of mobility;

Area: 110 ha

.. Introduction de new signalling and sign-posting and appropriate urban furniture;

Date: 2009 - 2011

.. Promotion of initiatives in the area of programming and animation of existing and future spaces and equipment.

Customer: Frente Tejo, S.A.

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: New Coach Museum (Project: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bak Gordon Arquitectos and Afaconsult) Tridimensional model BelĂŠm Lisbon

: New Coach Museum (Project: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bak Gordon Arquitectos e Afaconsult) Tridimensional model BelĂŠm Lisbon

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: New Coach Museum (Project: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bak Gordon Arquitectos e Afaconsult) Tridimensional model BelĂŠm Lisbon

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: Ajuda-BelĂŠm Lisbon

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: Urban plan synthesis drawing Ajuda-BelĂŠm Lisbon

: Alcácer do Sal

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: Alcácer do Sal “Patrimony of change” Development of a strategy of intervention for the municipality of Alcácer do Sal which would emphasise the role of its main urban centre, particularly the town hall building of the municipality and which includes, for the city of Alcácer do Sal, a proposal for the redevelopment and revitalization of its urban environment.

Objectives .. Regeneration and enhancement of the city of Alcácer do Sal; .. Development and affirmation of other urban centres; .. Promotion and improvement of transversal features (mobility, professional training and entrepreneurship, territorial marketing, tours, circuits and signage); .. Recovery and enhancing the potential of agricultural food production;

Location: Municipality of Alcácer do Sal

.. Differentiated and sustained development of tourism.

Area: 1,482 km2 Customer: Alcácer do Sal Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: River Sado Alcรกcer do Sal

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: Historic centre AlcacĂŠr do Sal

: Palafitic pier AlcacĂŠr do Sal

: Synthesis drawing Municipality proposal Alcรกcer do Sal

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: Synthesis drawing Historic centre proposal Alcรกcer do Sal

: Alqueva Alentejo

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: Alqueva Enhancement of the entrances to the lake-side villages This project follows on from Parque EXPO’s broader participation with Gestalqueva, which started with the elaboration of the Strategic Urban and Environmental Development Plan of the Lake-side villages of Alqueva and Pedrógão (PE~AQUA) by Parque EXPO and the request to undertake some of the priority tasks. Following on from the actions established in the PE~AQUA, a concept was proposed for the identification and enhancement of the entrances to the lake-side villages.

It was therefore proposed to create a reference feature which captured the specific conditions of each of the villages to be included in a “system of lakeside villages”, through a distinctive image, common to all of them and articulated with the brand of the territory.

Objectives .. Delimitation of the spaces marked for intervention in the 16 villages belonging to the system of lakeside villages of Alqueva and Pedrógão, for the installation of an outstanding element, the design of which was agreed with Gestalqueva; .. Development of the final design of this element and provision of technical assistance to the owner of the works in the consultation, adjudication and execution stages of the works.

Location: Area surrounding the lagoons of Alqueva and Pedrógão Area: 4,000 km2 Customer: Gestalqueva – Sociedade de Aproveitamento das Potencialidades das Albufeiras de Alqueva e Pedrógão, S.A. Project Date: 2005 - 2007

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: Reguengos de Monsaraz

: Cheles Spain

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: Aldeia de Alqueva

: Map of the village locations

: River Tagus estuary

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: Arco Ribeirinho Sul (Tagus south bank) Conversion and redevelopment intervention Conversion and redevelopment of a vast territory covering the sites where the companies Quimiparque (chemical industries), Siderurgia Nacional (national siderurgy) and Margueira (shipbuilding and repair yard) are located, extending the full length of the arc between Almada and Alcochete.

This zone corresponds to obsolete or partially rundown industrial areas but which have great potential for conversion, capable of spear-heading a strategy of sustainable urban development and helping to provide an economic boost for the region, significantly reinforcing the competitivity of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon.

Considered as a priority project of high national relevance, it ran alongside the implementation of other major public investments for the region, the main ones being the installation of the new airport for Lisbon, the construction of the third Tagus bridge and the implementation of the PoceirĂŁo logistical platform.

The conversion operations of these territories truly leveraged the development of the South Bank within the context of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, making a significant contribution towards the idea of a “grand metropolis on two banks� centred on the Tagus.

Objectives .. Affirmation of the three territories as new centralities and references in the urban space, with relevant functions in terms of the South Bank and the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon; .. Enhancement of the relationship with the river Tagus, affirming it as the main element of reference of the South Bank; .. Conversion of the dominant uses, maintaining a component of industrial activity and the logistics of a new generation and reinforcing the uses of housing, trade, services and equipment; .. Creation of urban structures and spaces of high physical and functional quality and with potential for polarization in relation to the surrounding territories.

Location: Municipalities of Almada, Barreiro and Seixal Area: 912 ha Customer: Inter-ministerial Working Group reporting to the Minister of the Environment, territorial Planning and Regional Development Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Margueira (shipbuilding and repair yard) Almada

: Siderurgia Nacional (national siderurgy - steel and iron industries) Seixal

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: Siderurgia Nacional Seixal

: Quimiparque (chemical industries) Barreiro

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The Arco Ribeirinho Sul project deals with the urban redevelopment of important and predominantly industrial but currently deactivated areas on the south bank of the Tagus estuary, belonging to the State.

The Portuguese State decided to promote the redevelopment of these territories, in a way that, without disregarding the financial appreciation of the assets, would grant the due importance to the public utility of these sites from the perspective of urban quality of space in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon that, although run-down, had great potential.

With this initiative, the Government, in articulation with the local authorities involved, wants to help to improve the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon in terms of its competitivity, acting on an area of around 912 ha corresponding to the former industrial complexes of the company Quimiparque in the municipality of Barreiro, Siderurgia Nacional in the municipality of Seixal and Margueira in the municipality of Almada.

The Government set up an Inter-Ministerial Working Group, reporting to the Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development,

comprising representatives of this Ministry, the Ministries of Finance and Public Administration, of National Defence, of the Economy and of Innovation, Public Works, Transport and Communications, of Culture and with the Deputy Secretary of State and the Local Administration. This Group was charged with the elaboration, in close articulation with the Local Authorities involved and with the companies that owned the land, of the strategic plan for the Arco Ribeirinho Sul Project, which would address the following issues: .. Delimitation and characterization of the area which would undergo the intervention; .. Definition of the priority intervention areas, of the structural projects and of the action to be taken; .. Quantification of the associated investment, with a breakdown of the public component and the formulation de proposals for its financing; .. Conception and proposal of the appropriate institutional solution to implement the project; .. Physical and financial planning of the action considered.

Parque EXPO was entrusted with providing the technical support necessary for drawing up the proposed intervention to be presented by the Working Group, coordinating this with the municipalities involved.

The implementation of the Arco Ribeirinho Sul Project would, in turn, rely on a management company for the overall project and, to actually carry out the urban redevelopment and enhancement operations comprising the Arco Ribeirinho Sul Project, three local executive companies would be subsequently incorporated in a partnership between the management company of the overall project and each municipality directly involved in the respective intervention area, with Parque EXPO being responsible for the technical coordination and integrated management of the project.

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: Scheme of intentions Arco Ribeirinho Sul project

: Praça do Comércio (public square) Baixa Pombalina Lisbon

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: Baixa Pombalina (Lisbon’s downtown riverfront) Redevelopment and revitalization intervention Intervention to redevelop and revitalise the riverfront of the Baixa Pombalina (Lisbon’s downtown), in the area between the Cais do Sodré and Santa Apolónia, which includes the partial recovery of the ground floor of the buildings in the Praça do Comércio (Lisbon’s main public square) and the rehabilitation of the city blocks of the Avenida Infante Dom Henrique (avenue) situated between the Campo das Cebolas and Santa Apolónia.

Objectives .. Contribution towards a new projection of Lisbon in Europe and in the World and towards a new appropriation of the river, of the riverfront and of Lisbon’s downtown by the Portuguese; .. Strengthen

the degree of complementarity between the riverfront and the Baixa Pombalina (Baixa - Chiado);

.. Development of the identity of the “place” and its “scenic” quality; .. Consolidation of the historic, symbolic and heritage centre of the Praça do Comércio and the riverfront, attracting new forms for its use and enjoyment; .. Promotion of a multifunctional appropriation, enhancing the compatibility between its symbolism and diverse uses; .. Giving a boost to economic, social and cultural life.

Location: Lisbon Area: 28,8 ha Customer: Frente Tejo, S.A. Project Date: 2009 - 2011

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: Praça do Comércio (public square) Baixa Pombalina Lisbon

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: Ribeira das Naus (public square) (Project: PROAP and GLOBAL) Tridimensional model Baixa Pombalina Lisbon

: Ribeira das Naus (Project: PROAP and GLOBAL) Tridimensional model Baixa Pombalina Lisbon

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: Urban plan synthesis drawing Baixa Pombalina Lisbon

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: Coimbra

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: Coimbra

Strategic plan and urbanization plan of the city Strategic framework document developed to justify the elaboration of the Urbanization Plan of the city of Coimbra. This considers the dimension of the city in regional terms and within a metropolitan context and the impact of this protagonism on the urban planning model, establishing a framework for relating to other complementary urban areas. In this context, it defines an integrated vision for this territory allowing it to develop as a hub of excellence, namely in terms of health, science and education.

Objectives .. Integrated development of the assets of health, within a dynamic corporate environment; .. Economic densification of the region, through the creation of companies with a high degree of R&D; .. Revitalization of Coimbra as a distinguished tourist destination; .. Urban redefinition of the city, making the most of current empty spaces in the city and enhancing the centrality of the river Mondego.

Location: City of Coimbra Area: 50 km Customer: Coimbra City Hall, in partnership with Vasco Cunha Lda. and Delloite Project Date: 2006 - 2008

: Dão-Lafões Region

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: Dão-Lafões Strategic framework study Strategic reference and orientation document in terms of the territorial development of the Dão-Lafões region, acting as a support for bids to be presented by the Associação de Municípios da Região de Dão-Lafões or member municipalities, for the various policy instruments planned under the National Strategic Reference Framework for the 2007-2013 timeframe. It therefore identifies a number of structural projects to be implemented within a complementary approach of mutual support and “network closure” on a regional level.

Objectives .. Development, innovation and competitivity in economic activities; .. Consolidation of the urban system of Viseu; .. Development of the territory; .. Enhancement of specific territorial resources; .. Environmental protection and enhancement; .. Territorial administration, cooperation and promotion of the region.

Location: Dão-Lafões region covers the municipalities: Aguiar da Beira, Carregal do Sal, Castro Daire, Mangualde, Nelas, Oliveira de Frades, Penalva do Castelo, Santa Comba Dão, São Pedro do Sul, Sátão, Tondela, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu and Vouzela Area: 3,500 km2 Customer: Associação de Municípios da Região de Dão-Lafões Project Date: 2008

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: Santa Comba D찾o D찾o-Laf천es region

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: São Pedro do Sul Dão-Lafões region

: Aldeia da Pena Dão-Lafões region

: Estação do Oriente Parque das Nações Lisbon

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: Estação do Oriente (intermodal transport hub) Urbanization plan of the surrounding area Elaboration of the urbanization plan for the area surrounding the Estação do Oriente, covering a total area of around 100 hectares.

.. Functional requirements associated to the direct impact of increasing the capacity and capabilities of the station within the surrounding road network;

The decision to incorporate the High Speed Network into the Estação do Oriente and the consequent reformulation of its functional program, implying substantial work, both on the building and on the widening of the railway line, was the main reason behind the decision to execute the Plan.

.. Environmental requirements directly related with the increase in the noise level caused by this type of rail transport.

Taking into account the global panorama of the characterization of the territory, the following factors turned out to be decisive for the framework of the area allocated to the Estação do Oriente and for the High Speed Network project: .. Physical requirements associated to the extension of the building and to the widening of the track space;

The intervention area here is looked on as a space of articulation between the diversified occupations bordering on it, which are diverse in terms of uses and in the conception of the town planning models which led to them.

The rehabilitation of the residual space between circulation corridors necessarily includes the re-establishment of new connections with the consolidated surroundings, both with the residential occupations to the west, embracing complementary functions, and with the Parque das Nações, taking advantage of the success that this achieved as a centre of attraction within the metropolitan context.

Objectives .. Definition of an urban structure which reformulates the area surrounding the Estação do Oriente in view of the alterations resulting from the introduction of the High Speed Network and of the shuttle connection to the New Lisbon Airport; .. Urbanistic conversion – design and uses – of the area of the Urbanization Plan; .. Affirmation of this territory as a new centrality within the context of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon.

Location: City of Lisbon Area: 100 ha Autor: Prof. Joan Busquets (BAU – B. Arquitectura y Urbanismo, S.L.P.) Customer: RAVE – Rede Ferroviária de Alta Velocidade, S.A. Project Date: 2006 - 2009

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: Avenida Infante D. Henrique (avenue) Tridimensional model

: Synthesis drawing Urbanization plan proposal

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: Avenida de Berlim (avenue) Tridimensional model

: Estremoz

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: Estremoz Strategic plan for the historic centre and east end Elaboration of a technical dossier for the delimitation of the Critical Area of Urban Regeneration and Conversion of Estremoz, creating a vision of the future that would increase its role in the national network of cities, in line with its social, economic and cultural development and of its physical enhancement.

Objectives .. Relevance of the urban centre as a “tourist object”, a base of cultural production and social or economic exchange, as an affirmation of the city’s image; .. Promotion of the sustained development of the city of Estremoz, adding value to the existing resources, whether they be patrimonial, cultural, natural or environmental, helping to create wealth, improve the quality of life and opening the city up to the exterior; .. Articulation and reinforcement of the regional urban system, by making use of the synergies created by better access to the main urban centres of the region in a city network, in which Estremoz should play its role of a city of heritage and culture, also offering dynamic and differentiated tourism in the region; .. Initial leverage of the process of change/ development of the city, through an investment in public promotion.

Location: City of Estremoz Area: 96 ha Customer: Estremoz Town Hall Project Date: 2006

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: Historic centre Estremoz

: Historic centre Estremoz

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: Fortress Estremoz

: Historic centre Estremoz

: City Walls Évora

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: Évora “Recovering the historic process” Definition of the process of rehabilitation, revitalization and growth, under the motto “Évora: recovering the historic process”, as part of a new dynamism of preservation and innovation which will help to affirm this territory as an historic centre which extends beyond its city walls and which involves the process of development of the city and strengthening of the local urban system.

Objectives .. Enhancement of historical landmarks; .. To make use of archaeology as an instrument of urban enhancement; .. Unification of the urban phenomenon, going beyond the walled circuit and bringing the inner city closer to the outer city; .. Promotion of the historic centre as a constituent element of the process of the city’s development, consolidation and coherence.

Location: City of Évora Area: 113 ha Customer: Évora City Hall Project Date: 2007 - 2008

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: Historic centre Évora

: Historic centre Évora

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: Historic centre Évora

: City walls Évora

: Scheme of intentions Évora

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: Scheme of intentions - Priority project Évora

: Scheme of intentions - Priority project Évora

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: Faro (riverfront)

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: Faro Strategy for enhancing and redeveloping the waterfront Strategic Framework Study for Faro’s waterfront aimed at providing the city of Faro with a busy and vibrant waterfront through the integrated and integrating intervention of its different functional areas – the industrial area of Bom João, the commercial port of Faro, the Neves Pires salt flats, the urban waterfront, the waterfront park and the Formosa Estuary – with emphasis on the complementarity and sustainability between the urban and lagoon systems.

To transform Faro into an estuary city, unifying both of these aspects, is the challenge inherent to the intervention planned for this location, therefore basing the strategy adopted on increasing the functionality of the waterfront.

Objectives .. To invest in the implementation of a modern public transport system, which answers the needs of Faro’s population and of its visitors and which will help to improve the city’s relationship with the estuary; .. Reinforcement of centralities, rehabilitating and redeveloping the Historic centre and the centre of Faro as a whole so as to transform it into a centre of excellence for the city;

.. Enhancing the potential of recreational nautical activities as a major tourist product of Faro, transforming it into the gateway to the Mediterranean; .. Enhancing synergies between centralities (existing and future) and the surrounding natural spaces, creating a new way of experiencing the city; .. Affirmation of Faro as a major capital of the Algarve in the world, betting on concerted territorial promotion.

.. Creation of new urban areas in the city, maximising the benefit of the redevelopment of run-down areas and the conversion of obsolete industrial areas; .. Consolidation and creation of major urban equipment inherent to the functions of a district capital city, contributing towards the development of the region;

Location: City of Faro Area: 156 ha Customer: Faro Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Waterfront Faro

: Waterfront Tridimensional model Faro

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: Waterfront Tridimensional model Faro

: Fátima

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: Fátima Integrated urban enhancement initiative Proposal of a strategic model of intervention in the city of Fátima for the promotion of an integrated urban rehabilitation and redevelopment operation, setting out a series of guidelines which will help to affirm the city and its role within a regional, national and international context. The study sets out to create the conditions to harmonise the dynamics of a city that, although small in size, is a major centre of the Catholic world.

Objectives .. Preparation of the city for the commemorations of Fátima’s centenary in 2017, namely developing it from an urban point of view; .. Consolidation and enhancement of the different urban units, creating an articulated and tendentially continuous network of “bairros” or neighbourhoods, based on the small pre-existing social units; .. Enhancement

of the natural characteristics and the landscape, using this facet as a way of unifying the territory;

.. Improving the quality of life of the residents and creating the conditions to maintain the population growth observed to date; .. Support for the development of tourism and leisure activities, respecting the specific religious focus of the city, concerned with increasing the length of time that tourists stay for.

Location: City of Fátima Area: 1,100 ha Customer: Sociedade de Reabilitação Urbana de Fátima Project Date: 2008

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: Via Sacra (The way of the Cross) Fรกtima

: Shrine Fรกtima Fรกtima

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: Scheme of intentions Fรกtima

: Madalena beach Laborim Vila Nova de Gaia

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: Laborim, Vila Nova de Gaia “República Avenue: from the river to the sea” Strategic Framework Study for the urban rehabilitation and environmental redevelopment of the south end of the city of Gaia, covering the characterization of the territory, identification of its vocations and definition of the intervention strategy and of the respective operational model, including an estimate of the investment and identification of the sources of financing.

Objectives .. Compacting and structuring of the urban environment so that this can host more central, urban and metropolitan functions, helping to affirm the city of Gaia within the Metropolitan Area of Porto; .. Increase in and development of public space; .. Improvement in the conditions of accessibility and implementation of a more effective, efficient and sustainable transport system; .. Enhancement and structuring of the existing natural heritage, specifically of the coastline and of the waterside areas; .. Creation of a specific identity for the new “City of Gaia”.

Location: City of Gaia Area: 580 ha Customer: Gaiurb – Gestão Urbanística e da Paisagem urbana de Gaia, E.M. Project Date: 2010

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: Laborim Vila Nova de Gaia

: Laborim Vila Nova de Gaia

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: Shynthesis drawing of intentions (1st stade) Laborim Vila Nova de Gaia

: Historic centre Leiria

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: Leiria “Historic Leiria – A new urbanity” The Strategic Framework Study for the Critical Area of Urban Regeneration and Conversion of Leiria sets out to be the basis for an integrated intervention, considering the current background of the city within the national context. In this perspective, it works towards functional complementarity between this and other areas of the city in order to strengthen its level of attraction and to consolidate its role within the regional context.

Objectives .. Urban consolidation of the historic centre and of the surrounding area; .. Rehabilitation of the buildings, adapting them to the demands of modern living; .. Enhancement of urban heritage, through the creation of the necessary support infra-structures; .. “Recovery” of the housing function in the historic centre, which has been in decline; .. Revitalization of economic activities, through the recognition of the historic centre as a centre of trade, services and employment; .. Promotion of the articulation between the historic centre and its immediate surroundings, improving mobility (road and pedestrian) and providing car parking that fit in with the life and use of the public spaces; .. Integration of its urban heritage into the life of the Historic centre, namely through a redefinition of functions and its reactivation; .. Definition of the assumptions of a territorial marketing strategy.

Location: City of Leiria Area: 40 ha Customer: Leiria Town Hall Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Historic centre Leiria

: Historic centre Leiria

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: Location of the proposed interventions Historic centre Leiria

: Vale do rio Lima Ponte de Lima

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: Litoral Norte and Vale do Lima North coast and river Lima valley - enhancement and redevelopment Intervention Plan which represents an integrated supra-municipal strategy for the enhancement of the territory around the river Lima valley and for the redevelopment of the coastal zone, so as to improve territorial complementarity between the coastal system and the system river.

Objectives .. Protection and defence of the coastal zone aimed at risk prevention; .. Preservation and redevelopment of natural values; .. Enhancement and promotion of the singular natural and cultural values of the North Coast and of the river Lima valley; .. Redevelopment and revitalization of urban-riverside and urban-seaside centres; .. Enhancement and innovation in economic and cultural activities.

Location: Covers the municipalities of: Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Esposende, Ponte de Lima, Ponta da Barca and Arcos de Valdevez Area: 5,000 ha - North Coast; 11,400 ha - River Lima valley Customer: Comunidade Urbana Valimar Project Date: 2007

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: Esmoriz beach North Coast

: Ponte de Lima River Lima valley

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: Ericeira Mafra

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: Mafra A strategic vision for the municipality Definition of the strategy and specialised technical consultancy to review the Municipal Master Plan, based on the plan in force but correcting the current model, helping to draw up a real management instrument which would promote the development of a more competitive municipality, within a sustainable perspective and with a clear definition of priority public investment.

Objectives .. Enhancement of the natural heritage as an essential factor in the preservation of local identity, as a mark of differentiation within the metropolitan context and as a factor of competitivity; .. Recovery of agricultural activity as a traditional economic value, as a factor of social cohesion and an element which shapes the landscape; .. Development of tourism as an integrating factor of local heritage, to drive the development of the urban space and boost cultural activity; .. Reassessment of the accesses as an essential element in the articulation of the territory with the functional model; .. Creation of the right conditions to develop a dynamic economy which would retain residents and attract competences; .. Filling in the empty urban spaces in a planned manner, as a strategy of consolidation and development of the built-up space.

Location: Municipality of Mafra Area: 292 km² Customer: Mafra Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Mafra Convent Mafra

: Ericeira Mafra

: Rural landscape Mafra

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: Municipality Master Plan Proposal for execution units Mafra

: Marv達o

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: Marv達o Integrated territorial planning action of the municipality Strategic study which defines framework for an Integrated Territorial Planning Action of the municipality, within the regional context and particularly applying to reinforcing its role in the cross-border space. It is a basic tool for the various agents and sectors of society to take decisions in the future and acts as a basis for the revision of the Municipal Master Plan, helping to increase the local management capacity in the process of economic and social development.

Objectives .. Enhancement of the natural and socio-cultural heritage; .. Promotion of the quality de life of the population; .. Leverage of the local economic structure; .. Definition of guidelines to draw up a territorial marketing plan and a communication and information plan.

Location: Municipality of Marv達o Area: 160 km2 Customer: Marv達o Town Hall Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Historic centre Marv達o

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: Fronteira Marv達o

: Roman bridge Marv達o

: Riverfront Montijo

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: Montijo “Re:Centring Montijo�

Strategic Study that defines a global concept for the territory, based on the revitalization of the urban centre, proposing concepts and strategic guidelines to enhance Montijo within the regional context of the Arco Ribeirinho Sul project (Tagus South Bank).

It consists of an integrated operation of urban and environmental rehabilitation and urban conversion, which includes obsolete and run-down areas near to the centre of Montijo.

Objectives .. Establishment of an integrated methodology for the approach to the rehabilitation of the historic centre of Montijo; .. Consideration of Montijo’s role in the regional context, proposing concepts and strategic guidelines for its enhancement and the effective resolution of foreseeable constraints; .. Identification of a future vision, with the definition of a global concept for the territory, based on the revitalization of the urban centre; .. Promotion of a more compact urban development aimed at the consolidation of the urban units by filling in the empty urban spaces; .. Consolidation of the ecological corridor along of the river bank, based on the enhancement of the riverfronts, of the green urban spaces and of the surrounding green areas, which will have the double function of establishing an element of connection between the various hubs on the South Bank and offering the population spaces for leisure and unwinding, bringing urban dynamics back into balance.

Location: City of Montijo Area: 157 ha Customer: Montijo Town Hall Project Date: 2007 - 2008

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: Historic centre Montijo

: Historic centre Montijo

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: Scheme of intentions Montijo

: Historic centre Oliveira de Azeméis

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: Oliveira de Azeméis Urban regeneration Elaboration of the strategic plan which is the driving force behind urban regeneration and the balance of the dynamics of urban, social and economic development, giving the city a leading role in the region.

The strategy is based on two structural concepts, which are interconnected: the delimitation of the urban centre and the containment of dispersion, highlighting the need for articulation with the surrounding territories, the establishment of partnerships, the definition of priorities for intervention, and their respective management and monitoring.

Objectives .. Resolution of situations of urban breakdown and the existing problems of mobility, improving the stratification of the road network and the consolidation of the urban perimeter; .. Definition of the strategy of preservation of buildings and the recovery of the more representative buildings, seeking to recover the city’s history;

.. Revitalization of the traditional centre in terms of its buildings and the residential, commercial and leisure functions, among other; .. Creation of a network of emblematic public spaces and of collective equipment, recovering and enhancing the potential for the use of the existing spaces and creating new leisure areas; .. Enhancement and consolidation of the green structure, making the most of natural resources and the landscape; .. Restructuring of industrial areas so as to make the fluxes generated by these more compatible with the urban structure; .. Recovery of the demographic and social dynamism, increasing its attraction in residential terms; .. Strengthening the identity of the city from a perspective of socio-economic, cultural and urban enhancement.

Location: City of Oliveira de Azeméis Area: 7,2 km2 Customer: Oliveira de Azeméis Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Historic centre Oliveira de AzemĂŠis

: Drawing of the proposal Oliveira de AzemĂŠis

: Historic centre Oliveira de AzemĂŠis

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: Mouth of the River Tagus

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: Pedrouços – Dafundo Urban conversion and redevelopment operation Urban conversion and redevelopment operation to transform the territory into a large area of public use and enjoyment fitted with equipment, which broadens and deepens the population’s connection to the river, which projects its maritime vocation and which acts as a lever for scientific, touristic and economic development and social cohesion. This zone is a singular territory of significant size, presenting itself as the Atlantic gateway of the capital of the country, due to both its relationship with the river/ocean, and the proximity to the Torre Belém / Jerónimos Monastery / Belém Cultural Centre grouping.

The operation is oriented by a specific plan with content identical to that of an urbanization plan, with Parque EXPO being responsible for the coordination of the actions to be executed by third parties and the definition of the terms of reference for the elaboration of final designs through open tender.

Objectives .. Conversion and urban redevelopment of the territory as a project of major public interest and of national strategic importance; .. Collective use and enjoyment of the water, of scientific production, of water sports, of culture and leisure; .. Reinstatement of the maritime vocation of this stretch of the riverfront, updating its uses and image and thereby reinforcing the unity, coherence and continuity of the whole riverfront;

.. Creation of the conditions for this intervention zone to act not only as a lever for the development of tourism but also, directly and indirectly, as an instrument of economic, social and cultural development; .. Installation of an advanced centre of knowledge and innovation, comprising areas de basic and clinical research of the Champalimaud Foundation, as well as a nautical centre, a hub for business tourism and trade and a cultural centre.

.. Promotion of a multi-functional approach, attracting central functions and establishing diversified dynamics which include spaces of leisure and fun, tourism, services, shops, cultural and scientific equipment;

Location: Municipalities of Oeiras and Lisbon Area: 54 ha Customer: Portuguese State Project Date: 2007 - 2010

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: Riverfront Pedrouรงos Lisbon

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: Scheme of intentions Pedrouรงos Lisbon

: Historic centre Portalegre

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: Portalegre “City re( i n)novated” Strategy Study which sets out to sustain the relaunch of Portalegre in the new cycle of urban intervention set out in the Cities Policy POLIS XXI, including and supporting the Town Hall’s bids within the context of the respective policy instruments, as well as other bids under the National Strategic Reference Framework for the period 2007-2013.

Based on Portalegre’s history and identity the study is focused on this territory’s need to adjust to the status of a city of the 21st century, affirming itself as a re(i)nnovated city, the dimension and scale of which cover the aspects necessary for sustainable urban development.

Objectives .. Redevelopment and revitalization of the urban space, encompassing a component of intervention in the public space and buildings and another related with the equipment and infrastructures which support urban life; .. Promotion and development of economic activity, contemplating support for the existing activities, and also a component of support for the development of new activities; .. Enhancement of culture, knowledge and innovation, of an essentially immaterial dimension, aiming to affirm the city and its resources (human, natural, infrastructural, symbolic, etc.), within an endogenous perspective geared towards external promotion.

Location: City of Portalegre Area: 1,121 ha Customer: Portalegre Town Hall Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Praça da República (public square) Portalegre

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: Jardim da Corredoura (gardens) Portalegre

: Jardim da Corredoura (gardens) Portalegre

: Historic centre Sintra

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: Sintra Cultural landscape, world heritage Definition of the operational plan of the intervention to regenerate and revitalise the Critical Area of Urban Regeneration and Conversion of the historic centre of Sintra, following the regional and national guidelines that claim that Sintra should have an increasingly important central role within the plans of the new policy on cities and within the strategic guidelines of the current National Strategic Reference Framework.

The urban development model is based on respect for and the safeguarding of the identity of the place, of its heritage and natural resources, sustained on the values of the landscape, of the culture and of silence (in it multiple interpretations). This model, in turn, can be structured into three structural aspects: the “Path of Water”, the “Path of Stone” and the “Path of the Hills”.

Objectives .. Enhancement of its heritage, both from the physical point of view, in terms of its buildings and vegetation, and with regard to its dynamics and activity; .. Preservation and recovery of its heritage and identity of the place and containment of construction; .. Enhancement of the landscape and of the natural wealth of the territory, including the development of the rural and urban centres of the hills and plains; .. Construction of a territory adapted to contemporary life, contemplating all of its users - residents, workers, visitors - and providing them with high levels of living standards; .. Incentive to stay and make full use and have full enjoyment of the place’s heritage and of the diverse spaces by tourists, complemented with cultural and artistic services and activities; .. Transformation of the town of Sintra into a place of reference, into a hub of quality services, capable of attracting superior equipment and national and international organizations for the long-term.

Location: Municipality of Sintra Area: 50 ha Customer: Sintra Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Historic centre and surroundings Sintra

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: Historic centre Sintra

: Moorish fountain Sintra

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: Scheme of the structural axes Sintra

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: Map of the relationships system Sintra

: Vale da Telha Aljezur

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: Vale da Telha Urban rehabilitation and environmental framework Definition of a strategic vision of urban and environmental redevelopment, identifying the commitments and the model of urban recovery to implement and developing a strategy of sustainable intervention.

This will be supported by a set of guiding principles: .. Understanding the Natural Park as a heritage value, facing its sustainability and recovery as an opportunity for local development; .. Controling and guiding the construction, seeking an occupation model compatible with the maintenance of environmental values; .. Transforming Vale da Telha in a place endowed with its own value and identity, structured in its spatial organization.

It also includes an elaboration of the terms of reference for the Municipal Spatial Plans to develop, establishing the bases for their programs and proposing an institutional model for its implementation, helping to align interests and produce the necessary financial effort that an operation of this dimension implies.

Objectives .. Creation of a quality urban public space with all of the necessary infrastructures; .. Reconciliation of the intervention with the principles of the South-West Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park and of the Natura 2000 Network; .. Development of a differential tourist center; .. Implementing systems to sustainable mobility and accessibility; .. Enhancement of the local socio-economic fabric; .. Integration of principles of environmental value and energy efficiency.

Location: Municipality of Aljezur Area: 550 ha Customer: Aljezur Town Hall Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Vale da Telha Aljezur

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: Vale da Telha Aljezur

: Vale da Telha Aljezur

: River Minho valley

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: Vale do Minho (river Minho valley) Urban and environmental enhancement plan Strategic and operational plan for the development of different projects and actions aimed at preserving, enhancing and promoting the river Minho valley, looking on the river as the central factor for the development of this region.

The strategy is underpinned by four axes of intervention: to preserve the identity of the area, enhance the elements that build the territory (through rehabilitation interventions and promotion of the “river space” and the urban centers), boost activities in the area and promote Vale do Minho and its river, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Objectives .. Conservation of existing natural values and of the cultural and singular heritage of the Vale do Minho; .. Redevelopment and activation of the “river space”; .. Environmental and urban redevelopment of the urban centres based on their proximity to the river; .. Creation of support structures that help to open up this territory for use and enjoyment, namely, cultural, social and sporting equipment and improvement of internal accesses.

Location: Municipalities of: Melgaço, Monção, Paredes de Coura, Valença and Vila Nova de Cerveira Area: 813 km2 Customer: Comunidade Intermunicipal do Vale do Minho Project Date: 2008

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: Cerveira River Minho valley

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: Vale do Mouro River Minho valley

: Melgaรงo River Minho valley

: Historic centre Vila Nova de Gaia

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: Vila Nova de Gaia Critical area of urban regeneration and conversion Definition of a strategy of rehabilitation based on coherent, sustainable and innovative town-planning concepts so as to form the starting point for the creation of a true, renovated centrality in the city and in the Metropolitan Area of Porto.

The model proposed identifies principles and fundamental values related with the environment and the landscape, heritage and culture, socio-economic and urbanistic dynamics, which steer the development of the proposed strategy and for the basis for the definition of the axes and actions.

Objectives .. Constitution of an enhanced riverside axis highlighting the route and relationship with the river; .. Definition of a network of green spaces made up from natural spaces treated according to their diversity and beauty of the landscape, allowing access to recreation and leisure activities; .. Disposition of buildings in a way that enhances the system of views, in articulation with the consolidation of the green structure; .. Continuity of the Critical Urban Regeneration and Conversion Area into the surrounding urban environment and functional transposition of barriers into this continuity; .. Adoption of an urban development model (Zone South) based on the existing road structure, redesigned and resized so as to correctly ensure connection and articulation with the surrounding areas; .. Constitution of conditions to settle and renew the resident population and improve their quality de life through the recovery of the buildings; .. Creation of an image/brand based on the values of the City, River, Vine Growing, Life, Excellence and Singularity.

Location: City of Gaia Area: 152 ha Customer: Vila Nova de Gaia Town Hall Project Date: 2006

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: Riverfront of the historic centre Vila Nova de Gaia

: Port wine cellars Vila Nova de Gaia

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: Scheme of intentions Vila Nova de Gaia

: Vila Real de Santo Antรณnio

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: Vila Real de Santo Antรณnio Technological park

Study that aims to create a park with about 10 ha in order to increase the supply of industrial space, particularly in terms of shipbuilding and repair and associated industries to new technologies.

Is part of a larger operation of upgrading and revitalization of the waterfront in Vila Real de Santo Antรณnio, thus assuming the following principles: .. Recognition of the environmental and landscape value of the site; .. Promoting high standards of architecture and urban planning; .. Flexibility in terms of occupation;

Objectives .. Urban design solution to the north end of the city, linking the existing industrial area, the fishing port, the Docapesca and future wastewater treatment plant; .. Defining a solution that meets the growing demand for industrial space in the territory, contributing to the development of the region; .. Relocation of much of the existing industrial units at Ponta da Areia, thus enabling the completion of the upgrading operation scheduled for that zone.

.. Increase the size of leisure, taking advantage of the unique location and natural conditions.

Location: City of Vila Real de Santo Antรณnio Area: 10 ha Customer: Vila Real de Santo Antรณnio Town Hall Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Urban design proposal Tridimensional model Vila Real de Santo Ant贸nio

: Urban design proposal Tridimensional model Vila Real de Santo Ant贸nio

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: Urban design proposal Tridimensional model Vila Real de Santo Ant贸nio

: Historic centre Viseu

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: Viseu Urban regeneration and conversion operation Strategic Study supporting the rehabilitation operation of the Critical Urban Regeneration and Conversion Area of Viseu, and defining the strategic guidelines to be adopted by Viseu Novo in order for the latter to achieve its objectives of rehabilitation and revitalization, with its global objective being the integration of the centre within the dynamics of the city of Viseu and thereby promoting the development of a globally cohesive and coherent urban territory.

Objectives .. Preference for the rehabilitation/redevelopment of the existing urban environment, always bearing in mind the increasing standards of quality, respect for architectural identity and for the morphological coherence and unity of the city blocks. .. Preservation and enhancement of the existing green spaces and promotion of their continuity and integration within a perspective of the contextualisation and fruition of the spaces;

.. Improve the connection between the Historic centre and higher education; .. Provision of support equipment for residents; .. Make better use of the tourist potential of the Historic centre, improving the articulation between the various cultural institutions of tourist interest; .. Promotion of the identity of the Historic centre, associating its image, history and tradition into an “attractive product” that can attract new visitors, investors and residents; .. Reorganization of traffic namely through restrictions on external traffic, pedestrianization of routes, regulation of car parking and use of public transport.

Location: City of Viseu Area: 26 ha Customer: Viseu Novo – SRU, S.A. Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Historic centre Viseu

: Historic centre Viseu

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: Scheme of intentions Viseu

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Public Equipment 08:004 . Sagres Fortress 08:006 . Integrated Program to Modernise the Secondary Schools of Lisbon and Porto 08:008 . Palรกcio de Cristal

: Sagres Fortress Vila do Bispo

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: Public equipment

The interventions described in this category represent of Parque EXPO’s Project Management know-how in which the planned interventions resulting from the internal or external conception stage are implemented, in an integrated manner. Extensive intervention in the space public of the cities, or more localised interventions such as the construction of new schools and intervention in historic heritage sites all have a common denominator: to develop and revitalise the territory and its factors of competitivity, creating an overall inclusive, cohesive, sustainable and mobilising operation.

The management of these projects – which involves a series of environmental, social and communication concerns, besides the simple realization of the “works” – takes on a differentiating role, taking into account that intervention in any territory always raises issues which are unavoidable, but which, in all probability, can be minimised.

So, environmental concerns are always present, not only in terms of construction solutions, but also in terms of the effective environmental management of the work, namely through the controlled management of waste and the adoption of construction methods which tend to minimise the negative effects on the environment in which the intervention is applied.

Communication also plays a differentiating role which can mobilise of the communities, appealing to the active participation of the populations to develop a territory of citizenship and social cohesion.

The project management stages are carefully and closely monitored, from the reception and analysis of the projects to the launch of contract works and tender procedures for other procurement, including the strict monitoring of the works up to the final hand-over, so that this can be done with the construction in a fully operational condition. The school complexes built under the Ministry of the Education’s National Programme to Modernise the Secondary Schools, are an example of turnkey management, in which the school administration has the guarantee that the structure will be fully operational when it is handed over to the respective management entity.

The intervention on the Sagres Fortress is also a paradigm of multidisciplinary intervention, where the architectural quality and preservation of the constructed heritage are ensured. Taking into account the pre-existing features and their geographic and historic context, the intervention also addresses a series of intangible concerns related with its future operation, in line with standards which ensure the high quality of a visit to the monument, thereby helping to enrich the country’s range of cultural and leisure activities.

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: Sagres Fortress Operation to fully regenerate the Sagres Promontory, covering its heritage and environmental and economic factors so as to transform it into a leading cultural reference and to help to significantly broaden the cultural, tourist and leisure attraction in this region of the Algarve.

The intervention set out to create a coherent “product” which contained its own visual identity and a series of features which would help to convey the historical significance of the Monument, enhancing it as an attraction.

Objectives .. Redevelopment of the territory; .. Enhancement of heritage; .. Improve the Monument’s level of attraction; .. To evoke the Age of Discoveries, of the knowledge that this brought to the world and its projection on the present day.

The materialization of an Exposition Centre, which seeks to interpret the significance of the Fortress and to boost the complementary services available – a shop selling products allusive to Sagres, a coffee shop, auditorium and meetings room – will create an integrated unit where heritage and economic, cultural and social development each play a decisive role. : Sagres Fortress Vila do Bispo

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: Sagres Fortress Vila do Bispo

: Sagres Fortress Vila do Bispo

Location: Municipality of Vila do Bispo Customer: Turismo de Portugal, I.P. / Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve Project Date: 2009 - 2010

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: Integrated Program

to Modernise the Secondary Schools of Lisbon and Porto

A national program to redevelop and modernise secondary schools, covering the elaboration of the concept / image associated to the program, the survey and identification of the physical and functional situations, identification of the typology of the interventions, estimate of costs and financing model and the conception of the program of execution and respective calendarisation.

Objectives .. Modernisation and adaptation of school premises to the real current and future needs of the education community; .. Reinstatement of the physical, environmental and functional efficacy of the schools; .. Urban regeneration of the surrounding area; .. Stimulating an improvement in the academic level and qualifications of the population. : Education Museum Tridimensional model Lisbon

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: Conservatory of Music and Dance Tridimensional model Lisbon

: Conservatory of Music Tridimensional model Porto

Location: Municipalities of Lisbon and Porto Area: 87 ha and 475,000 m2 of construction area (49 secondary schools) Customer: Ministry of Education Project Date: 2006

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: Palรกcio de Cristal Tridimensional model Porto

Marรงo 2010

: Palรกcio de Cristal Tridimensional model Porto

: Palรกcio de Cristal Renovation and extension of the existing building, converting it into a modern Arena which can house a wide and diverse range of cultural, recreational, sporting and other initiatives. Aimed at providing a total multiplicity of uses, associated to this is a Congress Centre with capacity for more than 2,000 people, with modules that can function as one space or independently.

Objectives To grant the equipment the conditions necessary for its identification as the space for major events in the north of the country, attracting events on an international scale which until now it was not possible to hold in the region.

Imagem 002 - Vista entrada principal do pavilhรฃo (Lado Norte)

GALP, LDA.

U r b a n i s m o A r q u i t e c t u r a E n g e n h a r i a

Location: City of Porto Area of the intervention: 20,420 m2 Customer: Porto City Hall/ PortoLazer, E.P. Project Date: 2008 - 2012

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International projects 09:005 . Angola

09:029 . Morocco

09:009 . Algeria

09:033 . Mozambique

09:015 . Brazil

09:039 . Spain

09:019 . Cape Verde

09:043 . Tunisia

09:023 . Egypt

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: Algiers Algeria

: International projects Exporting national experiences and competences

In order to enhance the experience acquired throughout the first years of its activity related with urban renewal and environmental redevelopment in Portugal, and, at the same time, considering the opportunities arising in other territories abroad, Parque EXPO embarked on a strategy of internationalization.

Being invited directly by local/national authorities, aware of the company’s profile of competences and experience, or participating in international tenders, Parque EXPO has broadened the territorial base of its intervention, which extends to various Portuguese-speaking countries (PALOP’s), to North Africa and Brazil, amongst other countries.

Parque EXPO’s international intervention has involved the conception of strategic development studies, spatial organisation plans or architectural projects and infrastructures, and also the integrated management of urban operations.

Waterfronts, obsolete industrial or port areas, historic centres or new areas of urban expansion are some of the intervention priorities in the international market, through proposals for the renovation and revitalization, conversion and/or enhancement of heritage, environmental redevelopment and urban development.

In order to pursue its international activity, Parque EXPO acts either in a consortium with other entities (either as the formal leader of the process or not), or autonomously, in which case it also relies on the collaboration of countless Portuguese and international people and institutions of acclaimed merit in the more important areas of competence and operation for the company. Furthermore, the mobilization of local partners helps to maximise the knowledge of each territory and of the respective context, contributing towards the success of the approaches and of the proposals presented in the international field.

On an international level, Parque EXPO’s mission – the promotion of the quality of urban life and of territorial competitivity – is also developed to leverage the export of national competences.

In terms of its international activity, Parque EXPO has the institutional support of the Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency (AICEP) and of the diplomatic structure.

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: Luanda Angola

: Angola Parque EXPO, Angola Branch  Under the cooperation between the Portuguese State and the Angolan State, Parque EXPO intends to reinforce its permanent presence and activity in Angola, to which end, in 2009, it created Parque EXPO, Angola Branch, headquartered in Luanda.

Parque EXPO Angola Branch is the main instrument for implementing spatial planning and territorial development policies, supported by a ÂŤpublic viewÂť of the problems, challenges and solutions of urban and environmental redevelopment and of sustainable urban and regional development, integrating and articulating the responses on different scales, considering available knowledge, competences and experience.

Parque EXPO Angola Branch has the capacity to bring together and coordinate efforts to implement projects in the following areas of intervention: .. Strategic and Operational Development Studies for the provinces; .. Elaboration of instruments of territorial management; .. Redevelopment of areas of precarious housing;

.. Conception and construction of new urban areas; .. Conversion / relocation of port zones; .. Redevelopment of sea and river fronts; .. Studies, implementation and management of specific sectorial programs; .. Training and qualification of staff in the public administration and internship programs in Portugal.

Parque EXPO pursues its mission in Angola based on the promotion of the quality of urban living, the competitivity of cities and the environmental balance of the territory, possessing special capacity with regard to the articulation of work and volition between the various levels of the Public Administration, as well as coordinating public and private interests. The activity of the Parque EXPO Branch in Angola is governed by respect for the framework of guidelines for economic and social policy, spatial planning and environmental policies of the Angolan State on a national and provincial level. Parque EXPO acts as a partner with Angola in the search for effective answers to the challenges which face the Country, its Provinces and Cities today.

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: Municipality of Chicomba Town planning plan HuĂ­la Province today and, in particular, the municipality of Chicomba, are the result of unparalleled sociopolitical conditions which gave rise to demographic and economic transformations which have changed the composition of the urban and rural landscape, and which is being swiftly restructured through the multiple interests, actors and strategies involved. The municipality of Chicomba is today the reflection of the constraints and difficulties resulting from the migratory movements of its populations and from growth which was not accompanied by an effective policy of spatial planning, and which also did not escape the problems caused by the long period of war up until 2002.

The Town Planning Plan for the Municipality of Chicomba and, in particular, for its regional capital, aims to implement an integrated urban operation which, over the following years, will develop and affirm the urban centre as a hub of social and economic development that not only retains its current population but also attract new residents. This Plan’s methodology is based on an approach that contemplates national and provincial strategic guidelines, and existing plans, setting out the path to be followed in terms of the future development of the municipality.

Objectives .. To project the Municipality of Chicomba, and in particular its regional capital, as a major hub in terms of agriculture, mining, and use of its water resources for the generation of electricity and for fishing, offering a good environment for the creation/settlement of economic agents and major public equipment, namely, in the social and community sphere; .. To consolidate the urban fabric of the centre, paying particular attention to the questions of urban expansion and growth; .. To generate opportunities to improve the living conditions of the population with special emphasis on housing and the creation of jobs; .. To create conditions for economic development based on the agricultural and geological conditions, enhanced by the formation of cooperatives of producers and methodologies for the marketing and distribution of products in the provincial market; .. To enhance the attraction and settlement of residents as a result of the new dynamics that are planned and intended for the mining areas and agricultural development; .. To improve interprovincial and intermunicipal relations so as to bolster greater complementarity of services and uses, in particular with the province of Huambo and with the municipalities of Caconda, Caluquembe and Matala, by improving mobility.

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: Chicomba Angola

: Chicomba Angola

Location: Municipality of Chicomba, HuĂ­la Province, Angola Area: 350 ha Costumer: HuĂ­la Province Government Project Date: 2010

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: Algiers Algeria

: Algeria – Algiers Revision of the Plan d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Wilaya d’Alger Revision of the Plan d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Wilaya d’Alger (PDAU d’Alger), defining the dynamics which will structure the model of spatial planning and long-term development of the territory (over a period of 20 years), based on key areas such as demography and geography; the economy; mobility and transports; housing and equipment; natural spaces and agriculture; networks and infrastructures; public space and patrimony; and natural and technological risks.

Within the political and regulatory framework of Algeria, the new PDAU d’Alger aims to be structured as a new strategic instrument of spatial planning and territorial development which covers all of the 57 communes that make up the Wilaya d’Alger.

The project to revise the PDAU d’Alger, besides being a technical operation on a macro scale, also applies to the conception of architecture and infrastructure projects for urban interventions in the public space of the centre of Algiers, which, through the application of a charter of public spaces and a new ‘way of conceiving’ the territory, embody an innovative and participative model of planning and experiencing the territory.

Objectives .. Definition of a new instrument of territorial management for Wilaya d’Alger (the new PDAU d’Alger), through the creation and implementation of a global regulatory framework, articulated and integrated on a sectorial level, which ‘guides’ public spatial planning policies; .. Establishment of a ‘Metropolis Contract’ which, based on a 20 year strategic vision for the territory (2009/2029) aims to integrate, articulate and institutionally commit the public agents responsible for the spatial planning and territorial management of the Wilaya d’Alger;

.. Redevelopment of the public space of the centre of Algiers through the execution of a set of 18 priority urban intervention projects so as to enhance the effect of “positive contamination” for the rest of the territory of Wilaya d’Alger; .. Promotion of a participative process of presentation, reflection and discussion of the new PDAU d’Alger in terms of the 13 “Circonscriptions Administratives” and of the 57 Communes of the Wilaya d’Alger, aimed at involving its citizens in the taking of technical decisions concerning the construction of their own future.

Location: Algiers, Algeria Area: 800 km2 Customer: Wilaya d’Alger - Direction de l’Aménagement du Territoire, de l’Urbanisme, de la Prévention et de la Résorption de l’Habitat Précaire Project Date: 2007 - 2010

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For the development of this project Parque EXPO set up a team with thirteen renown Portuguese companies, such as AGRO:GES, Sociedade de Estudos e Projectos; Augusto Mateus & Associados, Sociedade de Consultores; CEDRU, Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano; CET, Centro de Estudos Territoriais; Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos; LNEC, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia

: Promenade de l’Indépendance (Project: PROAP) Tridimentional model Algiers

Civil; Lodo, Arquitectura Paisagista; Luisa Borralho, Arquitectura Paisagista; PROAP, Estudos e Projectos de Arquitectura Paisagista; TIS.PT, Consultores em Transportes, Inovação e Sistemas; TPF Planege, Consultores de Engenharia e Gestão; and XL Arquitectos - XL Ideas.

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: Promenade de l’IndÊpendance (Project: PROAP) Tridimentional model Algiers

: Promenade de la Grande Poste (Project: PROAP) Tridimentional model Algiers

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: Port Algiers

: Historic centre Algiers

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: Proposal for the territorial model Algiers

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: Recife Brazil

: Brazil – Recife-Olinda Urban and environmental redevelopment operation Conception and implementation of a masterplan which would be part of the Strategic Plan of the metropolitan area of Recife and that would help to revitalise the historic centres of Recife and Olinda, helping to create a new centrality. The idea of this project, through the constitution of a corporate vehicle, was to develop a sustainable urban and environmental redevelopment operation based on an economic and financial urban model. This operation, which includes land belonging to the Federal Government, is based on the generation of capital gains applicable in public investments of a social, cultural and environmental nature.

Objectives .. Raising the zone’s level of world competitivity, as a metropolitan hub with a port front; .. Respect for the port’s history – its physical references and experience – providing historical continuity for its aesthetic, cultural and social values as well; .. To promote a spatial/ functional/ experiential connection of Recife-Olinda, reinstating its original relationship; .. Assumption of urban planning innovation as a key reference; .. Constitution of a network of quality and sustainable urban spaces from the point of view of use and maintenance; .. Recovery of public space as a space for socialising and bringing people together, reviving the feeling of a relationship between citizens and their city; .. Reduction of consumption needs and structural dependence on energy, water and materials.

Location: State of Pernambuco, Brazil Area: 150 ha Customer: Government of the State of Pernambuco Project Date: 2007 - 2010

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: Recife Tridimentional model Brazil

: Recife Tridimentional model Brazil

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: Recife Tridimentional model Brazil

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: City of Praia Cape Verde

: Cape Verde – City of Praia Urban redevelopment and environmental enhancement of the Seafront Urban redevelopment and enhancement operation of the seafront of the City of Praia, improving articulation of this area with the various units which make up the city and paying particular attention to environmental, social and urban regeneration issues.

This Strategic Framework Study seeks to define an integrated and operative strategy for the seafront of the City of Praia and indicate guidelines for the elaboration of the instrument of territorial management that would establish the standards of occupation of the territory.

Objectives .. Creation of a top quality area which would promote the function of public space, help to improve housing conditions and consequently benefit the quality of life of the population; .. Promotion of the integrated articulation of the intervention area with a rest of the city, thereby improving its structuring and development; .. Affirmation of the City of Praia within the national and international panorama.

Location: City of Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde Area: 270 ha Customer: Ministry of Decentralization, Housing and Spatial Planning of Cape Verde and Praia City Hall Project Date: 2009 - 2010

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: City of Praia Tridimentional model Cape Verde

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: City of Praia Tridimentional model Cape Verde

: City of Praia Tridimentional model Cape Verde

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: Cairo Egypt

: Egypt – Cairo – International Restricted Tender Revitalization and development of the dentral zone of Khedive’s Cairo Parque EXPO was one of only 10 companies in the world to be invited to present a proposal for the tender to regenerate the downtown area of Cairo. After deciding to participate, it mobilised an excellent multidisciplinary technical team, which included an Egyptian partner.

The originality of this tender lay in the challenge to prepare, in just tree months, a pre Master Plan, based on a Strategic Vision for the area, known as the centre of Cairo, planned upon the order of Khedive Ismail at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, along the lines of the town planning model of Paris of that time.

Objectives According to the terms of reference of the tender, the project aimed “to restore Khedive’s Cairo to its splendour, preserving it as a genuine part of our urban heritage, supporting its distinguished character, and reviving its role as a service and recreational vital centre”.

The project therefore was defined with the following objectives:

Together with Parque EXPO’s Egyptian partner, Archplan, Parque EXPO invited nine renown Portuguese companies to be part of the team, such as: A2P Consult, Estudos e Projectos; Aires Mateus e Associados; Arqui 300; Augusto Mateus & Associados; CEDRU, Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano; FERCONSULT; Global, Arquitectura Paisagista; PROAP and TIS.PT. This team also benefited with the special participation of Jorge Gaspar and Nuno Portas as Parque EXPO’s special consultants.

.. To enhance the area’s rich architectural and urban heritage; .. To develop its economic structure and diversify its offer of services; .. To address its environmental and urban problems (namely making it more pedestrian-friendly).

Location: City of Cairo, Egypt Area: 960 ha Customer: Government of Egypt Project Date: 2010

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: Cairo Tridimentional model Egypt

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: Cairo Tridimentional model Egypt

: Cairo Tridimentional model Egypt

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: Cairo Egypt

: Market Cairo Egypt

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: Conceptual scheme (centre closely linked with its surroundings) Cairo Egypt

: Pre Master Plan proposal Cairo Egypt

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: Medina de Meknès Morocco

: Morocco – Meknès Urban rehabilitation operation in the Medina The idea of the study, supported by an extensive analysis of the territory – of existing housing (land structure, state of conservation of the buildings, occupation status), economic activities, of collective equipment, of infrastructures and heritage – is to act as the basis of an operation of urban rehabilitation in a key zone of one of the main cities of Morocco: the Medina of Meknès, more specifically the neighbourhood of Tizimi. At the same time the proposed operation should serve as a model of intervention which can be replicated in other Medinas, acting as a pilot intervention with characteristics that can apply to the rest of Morocco.

Objectives The global objective of the study is, through a process of identification, analysis and assessment of the operational perimeter of the Medina of Meknès, to define the instruments and procedures that can help in the redevelopment and enhancement of the medina quarters, focussing on improving living standards and the well-being of the resident population and enhancing its level of economic and tourist attraction

The specific objectives of the study are the following: .. Definition of technical, legal and financial instruments for the rehabilitation of the intervention area, in particular with regard to housing: interventions on run-down buildings, interventions to improve the conditions of comfort and hygiene in the houses, re-housing operations, provision of new housing, etc. .. Definition of an operational institutional framework of the intervention which will allow the different parties involved: organization to monitor / oversee the process, creation of an operational unit, financing framework, etc. .. Definition of the program framework of the various elements of the Integrated Project: infrastructures, public spaces, equipment, housing, economic activities, heritage, etc. .. Development of a “reassessment project”, highlighting the stages and the expected results of a methodology which can be replicated in operations to be carried out in other medinas, identifying a coherent set of actions, a respective estimate of costs and the corresponding planning.

Location: City of Meknès, Morocco Area: 5,3 ha Customer: European Investment Bank Project Date: 2010

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: Medina of Meknès Morocco

: Medina of Meknès Morocco

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: Medina of Meknès Morocco

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: Maluana Mozambique

: Mozambique – Manhiça Science and Technology Park in Maluana Elaboration of the Master Plan for the first Science and Technology Park of Mozambique, where new functions complement and enhance the existing urban system, producing a new organizational structure of the territory, forming a new urban centrality in the Metropolitan Area of Maputo.

The Project is part of a long-term program to create competences in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Mozambique and, through the creation of infrastructures and equipment, aims to meet the needs for qualified labour, to improve business skills and facilitate the implementation of appropriate programs and actions for the industrial development of Mozambique.

Objectives .. To define the occupation program, the town planning conception for the 1st stage of the Park (360 ha) and the respective main infrastructure networks, the economic and financial viability study and the Marketing and Communication Plan; .. To create excellent conditions (infrastructures and services) for the affirmation of the Park as an international centre of technological innovation and development and to improve people’s quality of life through integrated territorial action. .. To fulfil the role of leading the transformation of Mozambique in a major international centre of innovation and technological development, actively improving its competitivity, focussing on the areas of energy and natural resources, agroindustry and nutrition, health, information and communication technologies and technology of materials, incorporating contributions from the government, universities and the national and international private sector.

Location: Municipalty of Manhiça, Mozambique Area: 960 ha | 1st Stage - 360 ha Customer: African Development Bank / Ministry of Science and Technology of Mozambique Project Date: 2009

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: Science and Technology Park Main square Tridimentional model Mozambique

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: Science and Technology Park Main square Tridimentional model Mozambique

: Science and Technology Park Housing Tridimentional model Mozambique

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: Science and Technology Park Industrial core Tridimentional model Mozambique

: Science and Technology Park Business core Tridimentional model Mozambique

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: Master plan Maluana Mozambique

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: Valencia Tridimentional model Spain

: Spain – Valencia Valencia del Mar Urban renewal and environmental redevelopment intervention on the port front of Valencia, leveraged by the hosting of the America’s Cup in 2010, in order to help to consolidate the city’s image of being open to the sea.

Objectives .. Resolution of urban problems and making the city more attractive for investments of a cultural, recreational and economic nature; .. Projection of Valencia as a city of the sea, not only in terms of the Mediterranean but also within the whole of Europe and the world; .. Improving the image and identity of the seafront and of the city.

Location: City of Valencia, Spain Area: 135 ha Customer: Consorcio Valência 2007 Project Date: 2006 - 2007

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: Valencia Tridimentional model Spain

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: Valencia Tridimentional model Spain

: Valencia Tridimentional model Spain

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: Sfax Tunisia

: Tunisia – Sfax Taparura Project Strategic plan for an urban and enviromental redevelopment intervention in a new area of the city of Sfax, arising from the decontamination operation of a phosphogypsum landfill site, which would make way for the development of an urban project centred on the construction of housing, shops, services and equipment.

Objectives .. Closure of the phosphogypsum landfill site; .. Decontamination of the zone; .. Reconciliation of the population of Sfax with the coast; .. Creation of a new centrality; .. Creation of a quality urban zone; .. Construction of sports, cultural and leisure equipment, amongst others.

Location: City of Sfax, Tunisia Area: 460 ha Customer: DHV Project Date: 2008 - 2009

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: Sfax Tunisia

: Sfax Tunisia

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: Master Plan (Project Kuipper Compagnons) Sfax Tunisia

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International exhibitions 10:005 .1998 Lisbon World Exposition 10:013 . Portuguese Representation in the Expo Zaragoza 2008 10:017 . Portugal’s Participation in the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul 2009 10:021 . Portuguese Representation in the World Expo 2010 Shanghai

: Evening show EXPO’98 Lisbon

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: International exhibitions Vehicles to promote the brand ‘Portugal’

World expositions are singular events of innovation and attraction, spaces of debate and times of tolerance between cultures, while also being excellent opportunities from an economic, urbanistic and cultural point of view for the development and affirmation of a territory.

With an efficient structure, capable of meeting the demands for speed, Parque EXPO takes care of all logistical aspects of the operations, the thematic definition or even getting sponsors, making the various components of Portugal’s participation viable.

The last world exposition – EXPO’98 – was held in Lisbon in 1998. The operation, from the conception, organization and execution of the content and the whole space, infra-structures and equipment, of this event was delegated to Parque EXPO, which was specifically created for this purpose.

In parallel with this, in 2009, it took part in the 5th World Water Forum, where it developed a platform to divulge the best practices in the multifaceted areas of water management in Portugal.

In this context, alongside the whole organization, Parque EXPO realised a major urban and environmental redevelopment operation, bringing the eastern zone of the city back to life and returning it to the city of Lisbon. Consequently, a company extended its scope and embarked on projects in the area of Spatial Planning, from the top to the tip of the country and abroad.

In the meanwhile, as a result of its experience, it has been charged with organising other Portuguese participations in international expositions, such as Expo Zaragoza 2008 and Expo Shanghai 2010, being responsible for the definition and implementation of the whole conceptual dimension and program of the Portugal Pavilion.

In all of these tremendously successful events (in Zaragoza, for example, the number of visitors to the Portugal Pavilion greatly exceeded expectations) Parque EXPO has sought to create attractive spaces which cause a high impact, with top quality interactive expositions.

Furthermore, these participations have become important vehicles for the promotion of the country, transmitting an innovative, dynamic, modern and sustainable image of Portugal and strengthening external partnerships with other nations.

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: Garden Garcia d’Orta EXPO’98 Lisbon

: 1998 Lisbon World Exposition “The Oceans, Heritage for the Future” The fifth centenary of Vasco of the Gama’s sea journey to India merited a major universal commemoration, which would mark the major encounters of civilizations over the last five centuries of this planet’s history.

The idea of holding an international exposition was presented to and warmly received by the Government in the autumn of 1989. The idea was to hold a specialised international exposition, built in an enclosure of around 50 ha, situated in Lisbon and able to cater for 60 countries. The formal request to register the date of 1998 was presented to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), headquartered in Paris, at the end of 1989.

The proposal, in defining the concept, was for an ambitious thematic platform aimed at bringing the oceans, with their diversity and essential function in the balance of the planet, to the attention of the international community. A strictly historical approach was rejected, preferring to approach the theme from the perspective of the future, relating it with science, politics, technology and art. The objective was to propose a new ethic in Man’s relations with the

environment, something which had become a central topic on the political agenda of the 21st century.

In parallel with this, it became clear that it was necessary to do everything possible so as not to waste an investment of this nature, and not to repeat the example of other international expositions. The idea was to turn the event of the EXPO into a useful contribution to the city, the country and the international community and the option to hold it in a vast degraded and polluted area, which could lead to a new concept of occupation of the space, fulfilled this objective.

On 23 June 1992, Lisbon was therefore chosen to be the stage of the last exposition to be held in the 20th century, the theme of which was “The Oceans, Heritage for the Future”.

As from 1993, the project entered an accelerated stage of conception and development: the thematic breakdown in the enclosure was planned, the strategy of international promotion was drawn up, the first internal awareness campaigns were launched, and the vacating of the space where the Exposition would be constructed was negotiated.

Location: Municipality of Lisbon Area: 50 ha Project Date: 1998

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: Image of the first phase of advertising campaign “Dive into the Future” – “We are growing” EXPO’98

: Image of the second phase of advertising campaign “Dive into the Future” – “The union of nations” EXPO’98

: Image of the second phase of advertising campaign “Dive into the Future” – “The union of nations” EXPO’98

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Then on to the next stage: still in 1993, the Commission and the company Parque Expo‘98, S.A. were set up, charged with launching and executing the undertaking; right after this came the approval of the general urbanization plan of an area of 330 ha, within which the enclosure of the exposition would be situated, then planned to be around 50 ha; the launch, with UNESCO, of the idea to proclaim 1998 the International Year of the Oceans was approved by the UN at the end of 1994.

1995 and 1996 were years of consolidation and construction. Little by little, the site, now free of its obsolete installations, was starting to take shape, in as much as construction was starting on the North and South International Areas, the Portugal Pavilion, the Pavilion of the Future, the Knowledge of the Seas Pavilion, the Oriente Station, the major intermodal transport platform which would be the “lungs” of collective transport access to the EXPO. The first international promotion campaigns were launched and a new objective of the participation of 100 countries and organizations was established (a number which ended up at 160); the enclosure was extended so as to cater for a larger number of participants and the main road access systems were

defined, as work progressed on the new metropolitan rail line which would lead to the Exposition; construction work started to the north of the enclosure on the “Vila EXPO” or “Expo Town”, a complex of apartment buildings intended for staff and international participants.

1997 was decisive as a year when expectations were surpassed: firstly that of the number of participants, and then revenue from sponsorships. At the same time, work began on the construction of the Camões Theatre, the Virtual Reality Pavilion, and the VideoStadium/Sony Plaza. Everything speeded up this year: assembly of the content started, approval was granted for the Programme of the 100 Days Festival, the Entertainment Programme, negotiations with the restaurant concessionaires, the laying of the famous Portuguese paving, the orders for Urban Art. Lastly, in 1998, came the “final touch”. The colours, the shapes, the details which made the EXPO’98 more than just a city, a clearly utopian but real place where, for four and a half months more than 10 million people would immerse themselves in a visual environment of the Oceans for what was one of the last great celebrations of the millennium.

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: “Masurca Fogo”, Pina Bausch Opening show EXPO’98 Lisbon

: Evening show EXPO’98 Lisbon

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Some numbers .. 10,128,204 visitors; .. 79% of Portuguese visitors; .. 21% of foreign visitors; .. Official participants of 146 countries and 14 international organizations; .. 126 Pavilions of the official participants, corresponding to 224 exposition modules; .. 1,808 open air spectacles; .. 101 shows in other spaces; .. 6,712 open-air sessions; .. 710 sessions in other spaces; .. 1,764 sessions for 2,650,000 spectators. : Azores Pavilion EXPO’98 Lisbon

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: Public on the closing night EXPO’98 Lisbon

: Street entertainment – “Olharapos” (daily show) EXPO’98 Lisbon

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: Street entertainment – “Olharapos” (daily show) EXPO’98 Lisbon

: Alameda dos Oceanos EXPO’98 Lisbon

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: Façade of the Pavilion of Portugal Expo Zaragoza 2008 Spain

: Portuguese Representation in the Expo Zaragoza 2008 “The three most important Portuguese rivers and hydrographic basins: Douro, Tagus and Guadiana” Portugal’s Participation in the Expo Zaragoza 2008 was presented through five main areas: the Portugal Pavilion, the Espaço Portugal Compartilha (Portugal Shares Space), the Scientific Programme/ Tribuna da Água (Water Platform), the cultural and entertainment program and Portugal Day which, even though they used different content, representation and supports, were united by a strategy defined for the Participation related with the topic “The three most important Portuguese rivers and hydrographic basins: Douro, Tagus and Guadiana”.

The framing of these intervention areas in communicational and protocol terms ensured the promotion and media presence of the participation’s initiatives, as well as diplomatic and institutional relations.

Objectives .. Definition of a participation model sustained on high standards of quality, respecting the Exposition’s global theme “Water and Sustainable Development”; .. Creation of a space where culture, science and debate were the central elements, presenting a contemporary Portugal geared towards the future; .. Revelation of the environmental tensions and of current problems with water, showing visitors how water resources have been managed.

Location: City of Zaragoza, Spain Area: 1,000 m2 Customer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning Project Date: 2008

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Some numbers .. 800,000 visitors over the 93 days of the Exposition (a daily average of 8,602 visitors); .. 60 cultural events which had a total of 436 participants from the most varied of areas (music, dance, design, architecture, landscaping, photography, fashion, cinema and theatre); .. 11 temporary expositions in the “Portugal Shares” Space on a wide variety of topics; .. After Spain, Portugal was the country which brought the most guests and orators to the Tribuna da Água (61 guests and 29 specialists); .. More than 12 tonnes of codfish and around 18,000 custard cream tarts (pastéis de nata) were consumed in the Pavilion Restaurant; .. In a daily satisfaction survey of the visitors to the Pavilion, the final classification was “Very Good” with special emphasis for the originality and interactivity of the “Change” Space, the charm and courtesy of the Pavilion Assistants and the food in the Pavilion Restaurant.

: The “Consciousness” space Portugal Pavilion Expo Zaragoza 2008 Spain

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: The “Alert” space Portugal Pavilion Expo Zaragoza 2008 Spain

: The “Change” space Portugal Pavilion Expo Zaragoza 2008 Spain

: The “Portugal shares” space Portugal Pavilion Expo Zaragoza 2008 Spain

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: Reservoir of the Alqueva dam Alentejo Portugal

: Portugal’s Participation in the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul 2009 “Addressing water scarceness from a sustainable perspective” Portugal’s Participation in the 5th World Water Forum, which was held in Istanbul, was on the theme “Addressing Water Scarceness from a Sustainable Perspective”, and was a space for the exchange of experience, knowledge and dynamism, where there were daily conferences with many orators and Happy Hour cocktails at the end of each day, during which Alentejo wines and Port Wine were served. In parallel with this, Magalhães computers were provided for visitors to consult the stand’s content. Around 5,000 visitors to the Pavilion is proof of the huge success of the Portuguese participation.

Objectives .. Construction of a space with an innovative, dynamic, technological and sustainable image representative of the water sector in Portugal; .. Creation of a platform to divulge the best practices in the multifaceted areas of water management in Portugal; .. Helping to share the country’s experience in water resource management with the international community and strengthening alliances with other Portuguese-speaking (CPLP) countries, thereby promoting the entire Portuguese-speaking community of countries; .. Development and consolidation of networks of contacts for future international partnerships, involving national organizations from all sectors.

Location: City of Istanbul, Turkey Area: 144 m2 Customer: Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development Project Date: 2009

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: Portuguese Pavilion 5th World Water Forum Istanbul Turkey

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: Portuguese Pavilion 5th World Water Forum Tridimensional model Istanbul Turkey

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: Façade of the Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

World Expo 2010 Shanghai: .. 72 million visitors; .. 240 countries and international organizations.

Portugal Pavilion: .. 5 million visitors; .. 1st prize (gold) in the category of “pavilion type C” (less than 2000 m2).

The prize “Pavilion Design Award” had as criteria for the judging of these awards were the innovation in architecture and design used and its aesthetic and artistic impression, the innovation in the construction and materials used for the pavilion, the cultural features presented in the project and showcase design and the innovation in the environmental solutions under the guiding principles of Expo 2010 Shanghai: “ Better City, Better Life”.

: Portuguese representation in the World Expo 2010 Shanghai “Portugal, a plaza for the World”, “Portugal, a world of energy”

Conception, implementation and operationalization of Portugal’s Participation in the “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China”, held from 1 May to 31 October 2010 based on the theme “Better City, Better Life”.

The theme of the Portuguese Participation – Portugal, a plaza for the world and Portugal, a world of energy – was developed around tree specific aspects: .. Portugal Pavilion; .. National Day, cultural and entertainment program; .. Promotion of economic exchange.

The Pavilion will materialise the idea of a ‘plaza’ as an urban territory, a space capturing history and a stage for change, transmitting the idea of a public space of excellence, using Lisbon’s Praça do Comércio to portray this, due to its critical dimension and reference within the national panorama.

Objectives .. Creation of a space that would highlight the importance of the “plaza” as a public space; .. Communication of Portugal’s identity as a modern, contemporary and innovative European country, which actively contributes towards the sustainability of the world; .. Dissemination and strengthening of the image of a Portugal geared towards the future and with responsibility in terms of alternative energies in technological, production and consumption terms; .. To help to increase commercial exchange bet-ween Portugal and China, raising the visibility of Portuguese companies and products and promoting Portugal as a tourist destination and place for investment.

Location: City of Shanghai, China Area: 2,000 m2 Customer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development; Ministries of the Economy and Innovation Project Date: 2009 - 2011

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: Hall 1: “Portugal – China, 500 years of history” PortugalPavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

: Hall 1: “Portugal – China, 500 years of history” Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

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: Hall 1: “Portugal – China, 500 years of history” Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

: Hall 3: “Portugal a world of energy” Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

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: Hall 4: “Portugal Today�

Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

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: “Jardins portáteis”, Leonel Moura Portuguese Design exhibition outside the Portugal Pavilion World Expo 2010 Shanghai China

: Credits Publisher Parque Expo 98, S.A. Production Parque Expo 98, S.A. Atlântico, S.A. (02:003; 02:005) Marina do Parque das Nações, S.A. (02:011; 02:013) Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. (02:019 - 02:022) Parque EXPO - Gestão Urbana do Parque das Nações, S.A. (02:027 - 02:031) Photo credits Parque Expo 98, S.A. Polis Litoral Norte, S.A. (05:006 - 05:011) Gabinete de arquitectura Loureiro e Pádua, Lda (08:008; 08:009)

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