The abandoned Sanatorium of Covilhã

In 20 years, the multi-faceted Portuguese architect Cottinelli Telmo designed one of the most iconic buildings of this phase of Portuguese life, the Sanatorium of Covilhã. Today, the building is rehabilitated and reopened to the public as a hotel, but Portuguese photographer John Gago photographed it before rehab, a work presented in the gallery below.

The building of Covilhã was one of the first Portuguese sanatoria, 11 a project commissioned by CP to treat his employees who suffered from tuberculosis. The venue has a wide connection to the clean, fresh air, ideal for those who suffered from this disease

Built between 1928 and 1936, the sanatorium was opened several years later, having worked for nearly four decades. After many decades closed, the building reopened this year as a luxury hotel, the result of an investment of close to $ 20 million â€" of sanitarium for railwaymen to a luxury hotel, a twist of fate.

Cottinelli Telmo continued to create buildings that today stand as highpoints of the architecture of a particular city-as the University City of Coimbra or pattern of discovery, for example. His work encompassed an enormous diversity, having still been film director, writer, poet, designer or musician. However, no work will mean something as esoteric as the sanatorium.

A degree in photography and Visual culture from the Instituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing (IADE) in Lisbon, John the Stutterer has collaborated with newspapers and Public Destak and discovered the passion for photography among the Media Sciences studies.

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