murmuro . photos: © Pedro Nuno Pacheco
The narrow configuration of the lot defined the architectural solution that integrates patios for natural lighting and ventilation. The enclosed appearance of the building is contradicted by the fluidity of the inner spaces in close relation with the outside. Continue reading murmuro
The Project is part of an alottment plan that previously predicted a set of seven isolated houses that would follow the existing topography. In the northern side of the site is defined by the city’s urban limit. The aim of the promoter was to maximize the interior areas of the dwellings and the usufruct of each individual exterior space assuming a particular importance of the southern views to the city valley and the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus. Continue reading murmuro
murmuro . photos: © Pedro Nuno Pacheco . + architizer
Colégio dos Plátanos is a school in Sintra which educates children from the age of 3 to 14; the project consists of the expansion and reorganization of the school. Having acquired a set of low quality buildings east of the existing school, the client intended to demolish them and expand the school complex eastwards, adding a series of new classrooms, complementary spaces and sport facilities. During the design phase the client changed course and decided to maintain the east buildings and commissioned a new construction of smaller scale, connecting the east and west buildings that had to be built in two phases, allowing for a reduced investment since our country was facing an economic crisis and on the verge of the troika intervention (IMF, EC, ECB). This decision also required the development of an intermediate structural solution and controlled demolitions in order not to interrupt the daily school operation; only with the conclusion of the second phase will the entire complex be fully articulated. Continue reading murmuro
murmuro . photos: © Pedro Pacheco . + architizer
The project is located at a peripheral area of the city of Braga with no relevant urban references. The developer was about to start building nine individual houses when the economic crisis hit and we were called in to define a new strategy. Continue reading murmuro
