The Centro Cultural de Belém, together with Corticeira Amorim, annually invites an architect to design an ephemeral and modular cork architecture during the summer season. Atelier Bak Gordon responded to this invitation, designing an open-air auditorium that occupies half of the CCB square.

▼项目概览，general view © Francisco Nogueira

The extension of the intervention allows a total sensory immersion in the material/cork, savoring its texture, odor, temperature and, of course, the way in which sounds are propagated or absorbed.The amphitheater’s smooth slope lends an informality to the space and suggests the memory of southern landscapes.