AM2 ARQUITECTOS / ARENAS & ASOCIADOS / NOARQ: HALO "LB 26 "

Witnessing a halo for the first time in a city cab is a remarkable experience as it momentarily elevates pedestrians and cyclists above the pulse of traffic. 'Halo' is a title that explores this transformative architectural gesture: a curved, split gallery that both thrills and relaxes, reshaping the urban experience of Vigo. Featuring essays by Álvaro Siza, Alexandre Mouriño, José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira, and Miguel Sacristán Montesinos, this volume - the 26th in the Long Books Collection - reflects on how architecture can redefine the relationship between movement, structure, and the city's breath. () At the end of the long stretch of the Portuguese coastline, the fingers of the sea and the land seams like clasp, in a multiplied contact. A multiplied contact that is celebrated by the curved, split gallery that crowns the lift: either as an access or a contemplation. Structurally and formally, the new tower thrills and relaxes. Apparently the whole city was waiting for it, like someone returning from a walk. Pedestrians and aesthetes are able to be quiet, and the vehicle traffic to be calm. Everything suggests that we'll breathe better in Vigo.