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- Architects: Paula Santos Arquitectura
- Location: Porto, Portugal
- Collaborators: Vasco Novais, Renata Pinho, Carmen Estima
- Area: 496.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2014
- Photographs: Alberto Plácido
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The building was designed and constructed, entirely new, in 2014, after the previous building collapsed in 2011. The new design proposes an identity that mostly concerns on creating a completely new facade with three black panels of prefabricated monolithic and heavy concrete, integrating the windows.
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Section
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Each floor becomes a small apartment except for the ground floor that becomes a duplex unit with a garden. The interiors also incorporate the traditional central stair with a skylight to all the internal spaces and circulations.
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Floor Plans
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The new construction finally reflects the metric and the characteristics of the traditional buildings, representing a possible reinterpretation of the collective housing in the historical centre.
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