Basement location, high humidity and extremely limited amount of light provided very severe conditions. Despite its barely 55 sqm space, the two octagonal stone pillars with domes are introducing the monumental look to the preserved structures of the interior.
The Grândola’s new Library and Municipal Archive designed by Matos Gameiro Arquitectos + Pedro Domingos Arquitectos is accessed through the set of palm trees that structure the renovated Praça da República, now purged of all the noisy and conflicting elements, which have been removed from there in search for a more pacified order.