Located at the eastern entrance to Cascais, the guiding principle of this project was to integrate this new volumetry into its surroundings, significantly minimising the visual and environmental impact usually associated with this type of infrastructure. The new layout of the volumes follows the slope of the land, giving the building an appearance of being submerged and camouflaged in the landscape.
The relocation of this establishment in an area further away from Avenida Marginal also made it possible to position it within an extensive pedestrian square surrounded by vegetation that extends to the roof. The roof gardens are not just an aesthetic element, but true spaces of enjoyment, almost like amphitheatres from which the surrounding urban spectacle can be observed. The parking, loading and unloading areas are now all underground, freeing up the surface area and increasing pedestrian access.
Above ground, the building is developed over three levels, on which the commercial and service areas are distributed. Natural light dominates these areas thanks to the large windows and skylights. The top floor is organised around the Food Court, facing south with a glazed façade, and flanked across its width by a range of terraces overlooking the Bay of Cascais. This layout reinterprets the ambience of street commerce, which is not closed in on itself, but open to its surroundings.
This building is part of Bayview, a project for the reorganisation and urban requalification of an area of approximately 50,000m2, aiming to establish new formal and spatial relationships with its surroundings and the town which hosts it.
Team:
Architects: Fragmentos and NEXT Architects
Specialities: Quadrante
Supervision: Exgexpor
Construction: Teixeira Duarte
Luminotechnics: Quadrante
Measurementes: Gândara
Landscape Architecture: Francisco Caldeira Cabral
Photographer: Francisco Nogueira
Materials used:
Flooring: Porcelain stoneware mosaic flooring, Margrés, wooden flooring, Fenwood (interior)
Doors: Alunminum, Reynaers série Masterline CP 155
Windows: Aluminu, Reynaers série Masterline 8 Functional
Roofing: Thermal insulation, DANOPREN TR-P, Geotextile separation layer DANOFELT PY 300, Walkable insulating flooring DANOLOSA Gray (Flat roof zone),
