First generation shopping malls have been, over the last few decades, spaces of opportunity for small businesses, services and independent cultural projects. Between cafes, antique shops, nightclubs, haberdashery, beauty salons and band rehearsal rooms, these commercial spaces absorbed and helped to build a parallel urban history that the city’s conventional streets and squares did not allow to accommodate.

On November 9th, the Shopyard Project, curated by Space Transcribers, invites you to explore this universe and its stories, in a day of special programming.

During the morning, there will be a guided tour of these spaces, led by the architect and EAAD/Lab2PT doctoral student, Lucas Carneiro. In the afternoon, an assembly open to the public will take place with the projects Barlos, Galéxia, TOCA and scenography by EAAD Alumni, Francisco Costa, where the challenges and opportunities that these shopping malls offer for cultural creation and promotion will be discussed.

 

• Tour of Braga’s first generation shopping malls with Lucas Carneiro

 

Start of the guided tour: 1 hour at Shopping Galécia (Rua Comendador Santos da Cunha. Rotatória da Maximinos), ending at Shopping Santa Cruz (Largo Carlos Amarante)

Visit duration: 3h00

Free entry but subject to registration and capacity of 30 people.

 

 

• Shopyard Assembly #1

 

Guests:

Barlos Project, Barlos Shopping Center, Barcelos

Espaço Toca, Braga Shopping, Braga

Galéxia, Galécia Shopping Center, Braga

Mediation: Space Transcribers

Scenography: Francisco Costa

Time: 3pm, at Shopping Santa Cruz, Largo Carlos Amarante 117, Braga

Duration: 2h00

Free entry without registration but limited to space capacity.

 

 

Registration and more information at https://braga25.pt/participa-no-tour-e-assembleia-do-projeto-shopyard/

Shopyard Project: https://braga25.pt/proj/shopyard/