O Museu Schaulager Laurenz Foundation e a Casa das Histórias Paula Rego

Abstract

Since the sixteenth century, time in which the Museum concept was consolidated, architects have been playing a determinant role in Museum growth. The creation of archetype models and theory postulates allowed the typology to develop until nowadays - the contemporary Museum. After a long and troubled path, the Museum finally reached, in the twentieth century, his exponent as a public typology, capable of influence the urban and cultural city scale. As architectural and museologic reference models, the Schaulager Laurenz Fondation and the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego were the two chosen models to guide the journey through the Contemporary Museum - two Museums capable of boosting the typological development that raise important questions about functionality, The study developed around the two buildings, not only tried to identify the reaching point of the Contemporary Museum, but also tried to identify the future's Museum starting point.