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The work in the Quinta do Mitra is part of the Campanhã Intermodal Terminal (TIC) project. Its outdoor enclosure integrates and extends the public natural park which already involves all the intervention: from the South area, next to Ceres Factory, it runs along the entire TIC building, extends to the East to Rua do Bonjoia and ends, at the North end of the TIC complex, in the enclosure of the ancient Quinta do Mitra through a pedestrian bridge access. Continue reading brandão costa

Nuno Brandão Costa . Ryoji Ikeda . photos: © Francisco Ascensão

This project for a temporary pavilion at the Serralves Park is part of a continuous practice of inviting artists to conceive and install works in the natural patrimony of the Park. The invitation made to Ryoji Ikeda to build a temporary pavilion also involves other partners, namely a Porto-based architect Nuno Brandão Costa. Continue reading Brandão Costa . Ikeda

brandao costa arquitectos . photos: © arménio teixeira – model- . © francisco ascensão

The footprint is summarized in two lines, arranged on the plot, at the edge of the building area, next to the railway line. These two alignments establish a clear closure for the longitudinal development of the train station structure and resolve the existing morphological anachrony. Its layout compromises the territory and constitutes a first gesture of unification of the dispersed parts. The first and longest line, in its longitudinality, introduces a subtle order that simultaneously organizes and frees the pre-existences, dealing, in a single movement, with all the fragile moments of the site, uniting them. Continue reading brandão costa

brandao costa arquitectos . Photos © francisco ascensão

The plot for the construction of this house is a tiny topographic remnant of a vast territory sloping down to the River Mondego valley, once known as “Quinta das Lágrimas”.
It used to have a breathtaking view over the river bed and the historic uptown Coimbra, but today the place has been decimated by disastrous parcelling which has dramatically altered the original nature of the site. Continue reading brandão costa

Nuno Brandao Costa . photos: © Arménio Teixeira

Residential buildings in Portugal. Continue reading Brandao Costa