Publicado em "Structures and architecture: beyond their limits". ISBN 978-1-138-02651-3Between 1958 and 1961, the Portuguese architect Fernando Távora (1923-2005), designed two fuel stations in the north of Portugal for the same company, Sacor. These projects share the same client and a similar program, have the same type of location (on the outskirts of two medium-sized cities, Guimarães and Seia) and were designed by the same architect in subsequent periods of time (1958-60 and 1959-61).
There seems to be no reason that can justify any substantial differences in their design. Yet, although the granite stone was the dominant material in both constructions, they are different: the tectonic options of Távora were quite distinct.
This paper will present a tectonic analysis of these two fuel stations, considering Távora’s 1960 journey to the USA as a key to explain this shift in his work.This work has the financial support of the Project Lab2PT - Landscapes, Heritage and Territory laboratory - AUR/04509 and FCT through national funds and when applicable of the FEDER co-financing, in the aim of the new partnership agreement PT2020 and COMPETE2020 - POCI 01 0145 FEDER 007528
