Orpheu XI — Chiado | 2017
Fernando Pessoa came by and there are no words to do him justice. Perhaps that is why Orpheu XI was such a special project, capable of enchanting all those who were involved in its design. The birthplace of the magazine that had the collaboration of some of the greatest Portuguese artists of the 20th century, was also the space that launched the modernist movement in the country. Such an illustrious and distinguished house deserved to be treated with the grandeur, passion and poetry that its walls had seen proliferate.
Naming was not an issue: we wanted to pay homage to the former Jansen brewery, which saw Orpheu magazine born; and to refer to its privileged location in Chiado.
With the door, comes the name: Orpheu XI, represented by the mythical harp that enchants fauna and flora, and that brings an art view to Lisbon’s everyday life.
