Rocha Do Conde De Óbidos Maritime Station: Preliminary Results of the Inspection

Abstract

The Rocha do Conde de Óbidos is a classified heritage maritime station in Alcântara, Lisbon. The building, dated back to the 1940s, is one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete in Portugal. Due to its vulnerability and being exposed to a quite aggressive environment, completely isolated and close to the mouth of the Tagus river, the maritime station shows severe deterioration of the structural elements, especially the ones located outside, such as spalling of the concrete cover, corrosion of the rebars, water penetration with deposit and biological growth in the joints. Moreover, there is evidence of previous interventions and repairs followed by relapse of the pathology. Due to its relevance as legacy of the architect Pardal Monteiro and the artist Almada Negreiros, key figures of the avant-garde and modernism in Portugal, an inspection and diagnosis programme has been planned and carried out by the authors. The present paper aims at presenting the preliminary results of this investigation.