R T P S T U D I O S
raining information

The city is in constant change, demarque by the permanent entity in constant mutation - RTP Studios manifests like a scenic look in the middle of the intersticial development of the city.
They are the face of news, the voice of information.

What should be the constitution of an information building? Channel of state?


Media volatility bring the velocity of the image. The concept is stuck to the movement, through the information tunnel, crossed highway to knowledge, the building - station - production is in constant movement, never stops. the concept is a metaphysical approach of various ways of movement: from the concrete way to bring the sky news, to the digital era printed present - the buildings mirror two realities separated in time (history).

On the past side, concrete space tiny windows or various screens lost in space, before digital… When we change perspective we can see that the screens transform in other movement, a natural movement: birds flying over, passing through the building, carved in the structure. Besides the stop motion sensation, between natural and artificial media, the news were brought by the birds - flying news. From the bird narrative, birds view of the city.

On the present side the other façade represents pixel idea, dynamic movement appears to be a television screen thinking: raining information…running information. the similarity of the building to the screen in transformation - a screen in between channels (…) canal cables color mixed, represent a Door to the connected world.
Informed nation, informed society, with its functions open to the the exterior - transparent veil.
The values of the institution transferred to the face of the building, clean and clear (…) transforming the opacity in clear view of the city. Transparent reality, transparent society, moving dynamically (…) let run the breaking news.

Inside cable tension, can be seen the veins of the building ramal information, flowing into the city.

On national television, it’s prime time.

Location
Lisboa, Portugal

Year
2004-2007

Team
Monica Mendes Godinho, Bernardo Lacasta, Filipa Calado,
Sofia Salazar Leite, Bruno Santos

Landscaping
PROAP

Photography
FG+SG, Luís Pavão Martins

Text
Francisca Abrantes da Fonseca