João José Tinoco

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João José Cerqueira de Matos e Silva Tinoco , João José Tinoco for short , (* 1924 in Coimbra , † 1983 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese architect . Alongside Pancho Guedes , he is one of the most famous architects who have contributed to the architectural diversity of today's Mozambican capital, Maputo .

Life

In 1967 Tinoco designed the two adjoining cinemas Estúdio 222 and Cine Dicca (later Cine Matchedje). Today, both buildings are no longer operated in their original function (2015)
The construction of the headquarters of the Banco de Crédito Comerical e Industrial , which began in 1970, was not completed until after Mozambique gained independence. Today the skyscraper is the seat of the largest Mozambican bank Millennium bim (Maputo, Mozambique)
Together with the architect José Forjaz , Tinoco designed the then Liceu D. Ana, now Escola Secundária da Polana (Maputo, Mozambique), in 1970–73

Tinoco was born in Coimbra in 1924. He initially studied architecture at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes art school in Lisbon, but soon moved to Porto to the Escola Superior de Belas Artes there . There he completed his degree in 1952 with a thesis on social housing . In his work entitled Casa Tipo em Ala Contínua , he completely opposed the architectural taste of the Estado Novo with its neo-traditionalist, regionalist and historicizing elements. In terms of content, Tinoco mainly referred to the first architecture congress in Portugal in 1948, which was considered to be the turning point for young Portuguese architects. In 1951 he also took part in CIAM VIII in Hoddesdon (England), where the question of the city center played a role. For his thesis he received a rating of 18 points.

Due to the intellectual constriction in the metropolis, Tinoco - like many other architects of the time - moved to the Portuguese colonies. From 1953 to 1956 Tinoco lived with his wife Carlota Quintanilha in the interior of Angola and was chief architect of the Technical Brigade of Cunene ( Brigada Técnica do Cunene ) of the Office for Colonial Urbanization ( Gabinete de Urbanização Colonial ). As part of this, he and his wife were involved in the construction of the Biópio dam, among other things .

In 1956 Tinoco and Quintanilha moved on to Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ), the capital of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. There he first worked as a teacher at the Mouzinho de Albuquerque Industrial School ( Escola Industrial Mouzinho de Albuquerque ). He resigned this task in 1959 and devoted himself to his actual occupation as an architect. Together with his wife he designed various commissioned buildings, including the cinema Cine Dicca , the clock factory A Reguladora de Moçambique and the colony's trading warehouse . In 1972 he founded the architecture office Atelier A121 with the architects António Matos Veloso and Octávio Rego Costa .

After Mozambique gained independence in 1975, Tinoco returned to Portugal. There he continued to work with his colleague Veloso in Maurício de Vasconcelos' office in Lisbon. In 1983 Tinoco died unexpectedly.

Works (selection)

  • 1960–1970 airports of Nampula , Pemba , Lichinga , Tete (together with Alberto Soeiro and Carlota Quintanilha; all in Mozambique)
  • 1961–1966 Palácio das Repartições (Lichinga, Mozambique)
  • 1967 Cine Dicca (Maputo, Mozambique)
  • 1967 Estúdio 222 (Maputo, Mozambique)
  • 1967 Secretaria Provincial de Terras e Povoamento (together with António Veloso; Maputo, Mozambique)
  • 1970–73 Liceu D. Ana de Portugal (together with José Forjaz ; Maputo, Mozambique)
  • (between 1959 and 1975) A Reguladora de Moçambique watch factory (Maputo, Mozambique)
  • (between 1959 and 1975) Hotel Xai-Xai (Xai-Xai, Mozambique)
  • (between 1959 and 1975) conversion of the Museu Álvaro de Castro (Maputo, Mozambique)
  • 1970 ~ 1977 Headquarters of the Banco de Crédito Comerical e Industrial (Maputo, Mozambique)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jessica Marques Bonito: Arquitectura Moderna na África Lusófona . Recepção e difusão das ideias modernas em Angola e Moçambique. Ed .: Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Lisbon December 2011, p. 134 f . (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ António Matos Veloso, José Manuel Fernandes, Maria de Luredes Janeiro: João José Tinoco. Arquitecturas em África. 1st edition. Livros Horizonte, Lisbon 2008, ISBN 978-972-24-1622-1 , pp. 33 .
  3. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Aeroporto de Nampula. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  4. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Aeroporto de Pemba. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  5. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Aeroporto de Tete. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  6. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Aeroporto de Lichinga. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  7. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Palácio das Repartições / Sede do Governo Provincial do Niassa. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  8. ↑ Tiago Lourenço: Cinema Dicca / Cinema Matchedje / Cine-Teatro Gilberto Mendes. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  9. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Estúdio 222. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  10. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Secretaria Provincial de Terras e Povoamento / Ministério da Agricultura. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  11. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Liceu D. Ana de Portugal / Escola Secundária da Polana. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  12. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Fábrica de Relógios "A Reguladora de Moçambique" / Armazéns Luso-Vinhos. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  13. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Hotel Xai-Xai. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  14. ↑ TIago Lourenço: Museu de História Natural / Museu Álvaro de Castro / Museu Provincial. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
  15. ↑ Tiago Lourenço: Edifício do Banco de Crédito Comercial e Industrial / Edifício do Banco Millenium-BIM. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed November 18, 2015 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Tinoco, João José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tinoco, João José Cerqueira de Matos e Silva (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Coimbra , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH 1983
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal