Faculty of Information Sciences

The faculty stands on the south campus of the university, on a gentle slope with lawns and old trees. The Portuguese architect organised it as long, low white volumes that follow the ground.

Lecture rooms, offices and a large library are arranged along wide corridors and ramps. The two-storey library is lit by rows of round skylights and lined with shelves, and a double-height hall connects the levels.

Outside, white render over a granite base and long horizontal windows give the building a calm presence among the trees, with covered passages and stairs leading in from the campus paths.