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In a semi-circular plot without any built reference and embraced by a road knot, a volume is meticulously sculpted creating its own identity in a deep relationship with the green slopes scenery that surrounds it and the new external afforested environment. Continue reading depA Architects
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Rua de Pinto Bessa, located on the eastern edge of the city of Porto, was planned at the end of the 19th century as a structuring road that could connect the consolidated city to the new main train station of the city, Campanhã. Due to its importance, its generous profile aspired the construction and densification in height of the two fronts. This housing block aim to respond to this urban intention. Occupying an awainting plot of land at the street, it extends along the entire length of the plot, taking advantage of the height defined by the visible buildings and creating a new facade metric that respects the vertical proportion of the surrounding buildings. Continue reading depA architects
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The alignment of the enclosed spaces on the ground floor is given by the extension in an annex volume existing in the patio and marked by a large pre-existing wooden beam, re-located and integrated in the current composition. Continue reading depA architects
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The new “mechanised pedestrian walkways” strategically seek to encourage an idea of urban interconnectivity, translated into a circular pedestrian course on a wide scale, connecting the upper town to the riverside and back. At the upper city level the circulation is historically consolidated, seeking now to connect the Palácio de Cristal hill through Miragaia to the Virtudes hill. Architectonic pieces will draw “mechanised transpositions” and work as “urban staples” on each strategic point to close the circle. Continue reading depA . Pita
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The small and preexisting house at Matosinhos belongs to a group of resemble buildings that perpetuate the city’s memory and identity. The elongate shape of the property contrasts with the short and narrow house´s dimensions. When we first visited it, the house was already uninhibited and its main building was extended towards the back yard through several and consecutive annexes with tiny and interior rooms without natural lightning or ventilation. In order to keep alive the memory that the house holds, we kept its main building although we created necessary changes on its organization.
From the entrance we set the main composition axis that cross the house in its depth. Continue reading depA
