jose carlos cruz: lordelo pharmacy
‘lordelo pharmacy’ by jose carlos cruz, vila real, portugalimage © fernando guerra
located in inland north portugal in the town of vila real, the ‘lordelo pharmacy’ by portuguese architect jose carlos cruz stands as an architectural image in a region devoid of them. bold light graffiti of the archetypal pharmaceutical cross on the corrugated perforated aluminum facade on a metal grid substructure creates a strong identity for the oval form that contains no openings, save the entrance at the street corner.
as the modern-day pharmacy steadily encroaches on the commercial market, selling and promoting cosmetics and toiletries along with medicinal products, the project aims to assuage the effect of marketing in the world of health and sanitation by lessening the existence of propaganda and focus on the sale of medicinal goods. the interior is organized over two levels, a stark white sales area on the ground floor that allows the individual items to inject color in the space, and the second storey contains an advanced laboratory for the research, creation and manipulation of pharmaceuticals.
exterior with the cross stamped in light on the corrugated skinimage © fernando guerra
image © fernando guerra
elevationimage © fernando guerra
perforated metal sidingimage © fernando guerra
interior sales floorimage © fernando guerra
product packaging adds color to the interiorimage © fernando guerra
sales deskimage © fernando guerra
image © fernando guerra
seating areaimage © fernando guerra
(left) prescriptions niche and window(right) laboratory entranceimage © fernando guerra
hallwayimage © fernando guerra
reception deskimage © fernando guerra
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floor plan / level 0
floor plan / level 1
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kinda spooky
cool, I like the facade 🙂
good design.
Incredible pharmacy! Truly inspiring!