The MUZEU transforms the former Braga Judicial Court into a new space dedicated to contemporary art and thought. The project preserves the existing facades and integrates the 14th-century medieval wall, reorganizing the interior through a new contemporary structure.

The memory of the court remains. For many years it was a place of decision and authority. The challenge was to open this space to the city, art, and the public, transforming a logic of fragmented routes into a more accessible building.

The intervention develops from three fundamental ideas: availability, dialogue, and respect. Availability for the new cultural function, dialogue with the city and the neighborhood, and respect for the memory of the place.

The building is organized around a large central staircase that distributes the different exhibition floors and leads to the Assembly located on the upper level. In the old courts, movements were separated and controlled. Here, the route becomes free, legible, and shared.

The ground floor approaches the idea of ​​a covered square, establishing a connection between the Municipal Square and the Conselheiro Torres Almeida Square. Through its internal courtyards, the museum also builds new relationships with the urban environment and the neighborhood.

The exhibition rooms adopt an industrial language with exposed structures, continuous surfaces, and visible systems. The architecture seeks to create clear and flexible spaces, prepared to host exhibitions, debates, performances, and different forms of programming over time.