LBA Architecture and Planning - PSS4

PSS4 in Macau by LBA Architecture and Planning

CEM Substation PSS4

Location

MACAO, CHINA

Client

CEM - COMPANHIA DE ELECTRICIDADE DE MACAU

Year

2012-2016

Status

Completed

Program

Infrastructure

Partners

RUI LEÃO, CARLOTTA BRUNI

Project Architect

RUI LEÃO, CARLOTTA BRUNI

Collaborators

TECPROENG MACAU, GENYIELD CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD.

Awards

Introduction

An electrical substation is difficult to express architecturally. The PSS4 substation for CEM is arranged with the transformer rooms aligned like an accordion, suggesting energy through the flow of air through its reeds and a poetical vibration to the eye of the onlooker.