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ATLAS OPENING

15 JUNE
17h30 - 19h30
PRAÇA DAS FONTAINHAS, FONTAINHAS

OPENING EVENT OF ATLAS INSTALLATION 
WITH A CONCERT BY THE GALICIAN DUO 
CAAMAÑO&AMEIXEIRAS

DURATION: 2h00
ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO THE CAPACITY OF THE VENUE


On Sunday, 15 June, at 5:30pm, the Forma da Vizinhança architecture and art festival opens ATLAS, a temporary architectural installation designed by Galician architect Manuel Bouzas, in Praça das Fontainhas, Braga.

With this installation, the festival route is now complete. It connects eight locations across the city, where — between June and November — visitors can explore the proposals developed by eight architectural teams.

ATLAS is set within an enigmatic space that houses the so-called Fonte do Atlas, or Fonte do Mundo, as it is known locally. A timber dome, built using the Lamella system and supported by reused steel beams, hovers above the spring, inviting multiple uses and interpretations: a place for pause, encounter, listening, and imagination.
As a symbolic gesture of neighbourly ties between Minho and Galicia, the opening will feature an acoustic concert inside the installation by the Galician duo Caamaño&Ameixeiras, who will activate the space with traditional music reinterpreted through a contemporary lens.


Open to general public.


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