https://www.portugalbuilds.org/files/original/3f02dae57ef824d75f5e450d49445381.jpg 26d37bc461b0b56d82d43261c3b88a8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource João Simões portrait Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actor, Technician, Architect, João Simões Description An account of the resource João Simões portrait Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived GEORGE, F. (2013). João Simões (1908-1995). Dossier de Lutas, [online]. Available at: https://www.dossierdelutas.pt/2017/07/26/joao-simoes-1908-1995/ [Accessed 8 Oct. 2019]. 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Birth Date 1908 Birthplace Lisboa Death Date 1993 Training Institution Escola de Belas-Artes de Lisboa Occupation Architect Biographical Text João Simões was born in 1908, in Lisbon. He attended architecture at the Escola de Belas-Artes, in Lisboa, from which he graduated in 1932. He was one of the architects who deepened the Portuguese modernist school, leaving his trace not only in Portugal but also in the former colonies, being responsible, for example, for the project of the Sé Catedral of Bissau. He was part of an intervention movement that imposed quality and a new style on urban buildings, along with Cassiano Branco, Veloso Reis Camelo, Raul Martins, Faria da Costa and Francisco Keil do Amaral, among others. A convinced Republican, he actively participated in the movements of the Democratic Opposition to Salazar. However, this condition did not prevent him from collaborating with Duarte Pacheco in public works that marked that time period, namely the Hospital de Santa Maria, the Escola de Enfermagem do IPO, the Alcântara Refrigerated Warehouses, the current Museu do Oriente, the Hotel Nazaré, the Casa da Imprensa, the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, the Estádio 1º de Maio in Braga, the praça do Marquês de Pombal and the Caixa Geral de Depósitos in Figueira da Foz. Many other works, including industrial and housing equipment, churches and public and private buildings are part of his portfolio. He was awarded twice with the Valmor Prize. The first time, in 1942, for a housing building located at Praça Duque de Saldanha, nº 31, a project for José Alexandre Matos framed within the style of that time. The second, in 1949, was also a ground-floor housing building occupied by a commercial establishment, located at Rua da Artilharia 1, nº 105, a project for the Companhia de Seguros Sagres. He collaborated in the 1940 Portuguese World Exhibition, elaborating the project for the pavilions of the “Secção da Vida Popular”, the current Museu de Arte Popular, in partnership with the architect António Reis Camelo. Among his hobbies was football, having been a player at the Amoreiras stadium of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Already as an architect, it was proposed to him by the club president, Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho, the project for a new stadium. João Simões accepted the challenge and Benfica's new stadium would be inaugurated on December 1st, 1954, with almost 50 thousand seats distributed in its two rings. In 1960 he would again intervene in the building to add a third ring. The venue now had a capacity of 80,000 spectators. Finally, in 1985, the construction of another third ring made “Luz” the “great cathedral” with the possibility of receiving 120,000 attendants, being not only the largest stadium in Europe but the third largest in the world. Moreover, this was the first work that resorted to the use of prestressed concrete. He was not alive to witness the demolition of the stadium and the construction of a new venue, 49 years after its inauguration. His intervention also extended to urbanism. João Simões was responsible for the urban supervision of the city of Cartaxo. In 1947, he was responsible for the design and approval of the Mercado Municipal and the requalification of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Building. In 1982 he also designed the Câmara Municipal of Cartaxo. In life, he was still made an officer of the Ordem Militar de Cristo, on May 20, 1953. João Simões died in Beja in 1995 at the age of 87. Bibliography COITO, Rogério (2015). João Simões, O Arquitecto que Renovou o Cartaxo. Jornal de Cá. [online] Cartaxo Diário Digital. Available at: https://jornaldeca.pt/joao-simoes-arquitecto-renovou-cartaxo/ [Accessed 12 Sep. 2019]. BARREIROS, M. (2016). Habitar no Coletivo, Um prédio de apartamentos “futurista” na Lisboa de 1930. Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal, 2ª Série, Nº 6, pp. 85-106. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource João Simões Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actor, Technician, Architect, João Simões Description An account of the resource João Simões Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-09-12 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA20DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1908-1993, Portugal Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jornal de Cá Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal Item under construction - more information soon