Galeria Sombra

Galeria Sombra

A private gallery for photography, organised around a curved ramp and a single oculus. The building is lit almost entirely from above.

A private gallery for photography, organised around a curved ramp and a single oculus. The building is lit almost entirely from above.

Location

Príncipe Real, Lisbon

Year

2022

Area

860 m²

Client

Fundação Sombra

Category

Cultural

(Notes)

Written by the project team at handover. Photographs on 35 mm film during construction and after completion.

Rooms for looking slowly

Photography needs even, controllable light. We buried most of the gallery and brought daylight down through one oculus and a series of baffled roof lights.

A curved ramp links the three levels, so visitors move continuously rather than climbing stairs between rooms.

A quiet facade

On the street, deep-set square windows give away very little. The building reveals itself only once you are inside.

Studio

Rua da Boavista 84
1200-066 Lisbon, Portugal
Mon–Fri, 9:00–18:00

Site notes

One letter each season — new work, drawings and notes from site. No noise.

Lunaro.

© 2026 Lunaro Architects, Lda.

© 2026 Lunaro Architects, Lda.

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