Nuno Valentim . photos: © JFF, João Ferrand Fotografia
The rehabilitation of the Porto Botanical Garden comprises works held at Casa Andresen and its adaptation to the Hall of Biodiversity, Casa Salabert and its conversion into the University of Porto E-learning Café and at the Koepp Greenhouses within the context of the Botanical Garden itself.
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Casa Andresen was originally built in the early 1900s and is located in the Porto Botanical Garden, the “lung” of the Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto. The programme – Hall of Biodiversity – emerges from a very particular urban, cultural, architectural and environmental context. The aim was that this unique setting – the Botanical Garden and greenhouses – a building of extraordinary architectural and cultural value – Casa Andresen – and programme – Hall of Biodiversity – should converge as a coherent whole, creating a singular system of relations, while conveying in a very authentic way key messages about the urgency in protecting these innumerous values. Casa Salabert, a former farmhouse, and its adaptation to the University of Porto E-learning Café should add yet more significance to this organism, while attracting the University community.
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Nuno Valentim, Arquitectura e Reabilitação
Porto Botanical Garden: Casa Andresen, Koepp Greenhouses and Casa Salabert
Date: 2011-2017
Location: Rua do Campo Alegre, 1191, Porto
Site area: 48.500 m2
Total gross floor area: 4.481 m²
Client: University of Porto
Organization: Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto
Authors: Nuno Valentim and Frederico Eça
Collaborators: Maria Ana Sousa Coutinho, Margarida Carvalho, Pedro Lima da Costa, Rui Valentim and Nuno Ferreira Borges
Exhibition layout + Sculpture: Gémeo Luís
Engineering:
GEPEC – Gabinete de Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Civil da Trofa, Lda
Prof. Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, Lda
GET – Gestão de Energia Térmica, Lda
Afaconsult,
Prof. Paulo Farinha Marques
Photography: João Ferrand
