![]() ![]() Acompanha a zona da Baixa, cruzando diversos pontos de interesse. O traçado da nova via é da autoria de Francisco Xavier do Rego.Ī rua do Almada foi o primeiro grande arruamento a ser aberto fora das Muralhas Fernandinas, criando um fácil acesso ao, então, campo de Santo Ovídio (hoje praça da República) e à estrada de Braga.Ī Rua do Almada congrega, presentemente, alguns bares e restaurantes e várias lojas de comércio tradicional e de comércio alternativo, localizadas em imóveis antigos, agora recuperados. O nome da rua homenageia João de Almada e Melo, governador do Porto na segunda metade do século XVIII.Įm 1761, João de Almada e Melo começou a abrir um longo arruamento prolongando a pequena rua das Hortas, atual troço da rua do Almada entre a rua dos Clérigos e a rua da Fábrica. ![]() The net is comprised of 36 individual mesh sections in different densities, hand-joined along all sides into a multi-layered form.Ī Rua do Almada é um arruamento nas freguesias de Vitória, Santo Ildefonso e Cedofeita da cidade do Porto, em Portugal. The ring greets the ocean at a slant, ranging from 13.5 meters off of the ground at the lowest point and 27 meters at the highest. The poles support a 20 ton steel ring, from which the one-ton net is suspended. ![]() Three steel poles, ranging in height from 25 to 50 meters, are painted white with red stripes to reference nearby smokestacks and lighthouses. The work casts cinematic shadow drawings onto the ground, further highlighting the “wind choreography.” The city has made the sculpture its graphic symbol and residents give different interpretations of the work, from fishing nets, ships and masts of the Portuguese maritime history, the red-and-white striped smokestacks of the area’s industrial past, to Portuguese lace, sea creatures, and ripples in water. It is credited as the first permanent, monumental public sculpture to use an entirely soft and flexible set of membranes moving fluidly in wind. Using color and material to invoke the memory of the site’s history as a fishing and industrial center, this three-dimensional multi-layer net floats over the Cidade Salvador Plaza. She Changes, Porto, Portugal (2005) wind details ![]()
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