page_title: Devesas Factory Warehouse
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Devesas Factory Warehouse / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Islamic revival building in Porto, Portugal
context_page_description: The Devesas Factory Warehouse is a former-warehouse used for materials in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto, in the Portuguese district of the same name.
context_section_description: The warehouse/building is situated along the corner of two roadways, with its facade extending along Rua José Falcão (flanked by two-story buildings) and Rua da Conceição (with a two-story building on the west and three-story building in the east).
  The "L"-shaped building includes two bodies, two-storys with articulated patio: one fronting the Rua José Falcão and the other to Rua da Conceição. The facade fronting the Rua José Falcão has four windows on the ground floor decorated with rounded arch similar to Arabesque motifs, while the upper floor has double windows with similar motifs. The segment over the front portico, also with Arabesque motif, is surmounted by a window (with similar motifs) and varanda topped by arch and ogival. Along the building is a cornice surmounted by ceramic merlons, with corner and central vases. The facade is totally covered in azulejo title, with large, smooth ceramic plaques adapted to the forms. The facade oriented to the Rua da Conceição is structurally similar to the other wall. On the first floor, to the right, are doors with flag, while on the left a wide portal with a central door and flag. On the upper floors are four arched windows flanked with borders. The entire facade is covered in smooth azulejos with figues in white, blue and yellow, with imitation balustrades over the windows. It is decorated by cornices and surmounted by rectangular merlons. The yard currently covered and subdivided by moveable partitions is surrounded on its perimeter by a balcony, constituting an exhibition gallery. The building toward Rua da Conceição has a traditional residence corridor to the center, hall and staircase lined with tile.
  On the ground floor is an extensive space supported by cast iron columns, occupied by parking. The rear of the building, formerly street, are occupied by office space. The building facing the Rua José Falcão to the east, is marked on the ground floor by a central hall with a room on each side. The upper floor is characterized by a hall along the main facade, supported by four steel columns, with the side walls covered in glazed bookcases. This space is currently divided by offices. This is the old Devesas Exhibition Hall, decorated with stucco on the ceiling and bottom of the windows. Metal ceiling beams form a grid structuring of similar stucco composition. The bottom of the windows feature tile panels with figurative references to the factory. Inside the building are elements of the production plant, the interior frames of accessways, floors coverings, wainscoting, balcony guards and stairs with ceramic elements. The metallic columns have corners with the metallic "DEVESAS".
caption: The main facade along Rua José Falcão
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