Marcos Miranda Guedes

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At the beginning of his professional career, Miranda Guedes supported the Portuguese architect José Gomes Basto with the design of the then new building of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino in Lourenço Marques. Today the Mozambican Central Bank is located in the building
Seminary of Pius X., Lourenço Marques (today Maputo)
Cine Charlot (1963), Lourenço Marques (today Maputo)
Prédio 33 (1967–82 / 83), then as now, the tallest building in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)

Marcos João Garcia Miranda Guedes , short Marcos Miranda Guedes (born June 6, 1924 in Régua , Portugal , † 2001 in Portugal) was a Portuguese architect .

Life

Miranda Guedes was born on June 6, 1924 in Régua, northern Portugal. After finishing school, he studied architecture at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Porto, graduating in 1952. Miranda Guedes worked in the office of José Carlos Loureiro while studying architecture . He later moved to the office of José Gomes Bastos , where he assisted in the final planning of the new building of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino (now the seat of the Mozambican Central Bank) in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo).

Due to a lack of commissions, Miranda Guedes - like many young Portuguese architects of the time - moved to the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, where he hoped to find more work. First of all, Gomes Bastos commissioned him to supervise the construction of the new bank building that he had already helped to plan. In the end, however, this did not materialize because the bank did not supervise construction.

During his sixteen years in Mozambique, Miranda Guedes designed numerous striking buildings for the capital of the colony, numerous - both for state and private clients - together with Octávio Pó . In particular, the historical archive completed in 1960 and the skyscraper “33” built in 1967 characterize the city to this day and were considered a sign of the modernization of Mozambique.

In addition to his assignments, Miranda Guedes also taught at the Escola Industrial Mouzinho de Albuquerque vocational school . With the independence of Mozambique in 1975 Miranda Guedes returned to Portugal. He died there in 2001.

Works

  • 1954–64: New building of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino , Lourenço Marques [Maputo]; in collaboration with José Gomes Bastos
  • 1958: Edifício Kakhoobai, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1958: Edifício António Figueiredo, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1958: Edifício António Rocha Martins ("Prédio Ronil"), Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1959: Casa Carlos Miranda, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1959: Casa José Galhardo e Guilherme Moutinho, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1959: Edifício Pereira, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1959: Cold room of the factory of the Cervejas Reunidas de Moçambique , Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1960–63: Residential buildings for officials of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino in António Enes [Angoche], Porto Amélia [Pemba] and Tete
  • around 1960: Extension of the Conselho de Câmbios, Estatística e Arquivo Histórico, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1960–63: DETA offices , Lourenço Marques [Maputo], in collaboration with Octávio Pó
  • 1961: Children's Hospital, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1962: Sociedade de Estudos, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1963: Cinema Charlot , Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1964–68: Seminário Pio X., Lourenço Marques [Maputo]
  • 1967–82 / 83: Prédio 33 , Lourenço Marques [Maputo], in collaboration with Octávio Pó and Alberto Soeiro
  • 1968: Escola Técnica dos Serviços de Saúde e Assistência, Lourenço Marques [Maputo]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ana Tostões (ed.): Arquitetura Moderna em África: Angola e Moçambique . 1st edition. Caleidoscópio, Lisbon 2014, ISBN 978-989-658-240-1 , p. 444 .
  2. ↑ a b Banco Nacional Ultramarino (atual Banco de Moçambique). In: Património de Influência Portuguesa (HPIP). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, October 18, 2012, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ André Renga Faria Ferreira: OBRAS PÚBLICAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE. Inventário da produção arquitectónica executada entre 1933 e 1961 . Ed .: Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra November 2006, p. 114 ( ul.pt [PDF; 61.0 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Tiago Lourenço: Edifício do Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) / Edifício do Banco de Moçambique. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Tiago Lourenço: Edifício do Conselho de Câmbios e Estatística / Arquivo Histórico. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
  6. ↑ António Sopa: Aeroporto Internacional de Mavalane (depois Aeroporto Gago Coutinho, hoje Aeroporto Internacional de Maputo). In: Património de Influência Portuguesa (HPIP). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, September 25, 2012, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
  7. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Cine Charlot. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
  8. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Prédio "33 andares". In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. 2011, accessed January 29, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Miranda Guedes, Marcos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Régua , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH 2001
Place of death Portugal