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Monchique/picota cable car

Type

Tourism

client

Location

Private

Picota, Monchique

Area

architecture

Area

arkhimacchietta

STATE

Conceptual

date

2019

At the Monchique terminal, the aim is to create equipment with broad capabilities, associating it with an entire structure interconnected and dependent on each other. The structure that will support the cable car will comprise restaurants, cultural, educational and sporting services and trade aimed at promoting regional products.  

At a conceptual level, the project intends to portray the landscape of the Serra de Monchique "the two peaks". In a way, when we get close to the proposed complex, we appreciate two green “highs”: the Foia peak to the left of the central body (cable car) and the Picota peak to the right. In terms of construction, we thought of using materials from the Monchique area, such as syenite stone, wood and cork.  

At the Picota terminal, the arrival will take place inside a cave and at the exit there will be a small viewpoint connecting to an esplanade that  It will not only allow users of the cable car to stay, but also a point of reference and rest on the Via Algarviana, as the pedestrian route of Caldas/Picota passes precisely through its peak.

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