Prédio Octávio Lobo

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View of the Prédio Octávio Lobo on Rua Consiglieri Pedroso. On the left part of the facade of the neighboring building Prédio Abreu, Santos e Rocha

The Prédio Octávio Lobo is an office building in the Mozambican capital Maputo . It is located right in the center of the city on Rua Consiglieri Pedroso , on the corner of Praça dos Trabalhadores . The modernist style building was designed by Pancho Guedes and opened in 1967.

history

Striking brise soleils (sun protection) on the facade of the building

Due to the reluctance of the colonial administration in Mozambique, Pancho Guedes mainly designed buildings for private clients. Octávio Lobo, himself a forwarding agent, commissioned him in the early 1960s to design a new office building for the forwarding company. Guedes designed a very narrow, six-story building - right next to the Prédio Abreu, Santos e Rocha , which had recently been built - but which extends very far into the property. Directly behind the building itself, Guedes designed a one-story warehouse extension. When designing the facade, the architect orientated himself on his previously practiced, so-called "tropical" architectural style: Narrow marble elements with bronze-colored brackets, so-called "Brisesoleils", enable the offices to be shaded from the sun. The entire facade is kept in a delicate pink to this day.

The building was completed in 1967. Today the freight forwarding company MoCargo SARL resides in the building. It is registered with the number 31691 in the Portuguese monument database Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico , which also includes works by former Portuguese colonies.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dagmar Hoetzel: An alternative modernist. Pancho Guedes retrospective in Basel. (pdf) (No longer available online.) In: Bauwelt 40-41. 2007, p. 2f. , archived from the original on July 26, 2014 ; Retrieved June 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bauwelt.de
  2. ^ Tiago Lourenço: Edifício Octávio Lobo / Edifício MoCargo. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (SIPA). 2011, accessed September 14, 2014 (Portuguese).

Coordinates: 25 ° 58 ′ 16.3 ″  S , 32 ° 33 ′ 58.5 ″  E