It is an intervention that seeks to articulate the building with the historical fabric of the city, taking advantage of the existing green space, an 'oasis' in an urban context. The openings seek to take advantage of the sun's incidence as effectively as possible, while the roof houses solar panels for greater efficiency in the use of natural resources, reducing the ecological footprint as much as possible.
The south elevation is the result of the opportunity for the interior space to relate to the existing meadow and wooded slope, making the most of the view and the light it provides, creating privileged living areas as extensions of the living rooms and kitchens, in the form of large terraces and balconies.
On the north elevation, which faces Rua da Fábrica de Papel, it is proposed to dissolve the 'mass' of the façade, assuming not only the volumetric breaks in the building's roof - moving towards a solution with 4 distinct slopes - but also giving a different surface treatment (texture) to the 4 distinct areas of the façade, which result from the reading with the alignments - 'voids' - of the roof.
The choice of natural materials of Portuguese origin, such as national pine wood and tiles for the façade, was one of the options in the development of the project, while trying to reconcile the presence of the building, in terms of materiality and colours, with the existing building, namely the Moinho de Papel Museum, rehabilitated by the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Team:
Architects: Mube arquitectura
Architects: Pedro Lemos Cordeiro (coordination) and Patrícia Selada with collaboration of Anastasiia Fatenko and Joana Vaz
Photographer: João Matias
Materials Used:
Facade cladding: Viúva Lamego´s tile
Flooring: Portuguese pine wood
Doors: Interior doors_ Potrisa
Windows: Aluminium System, SO Soares
Interior lighting: luminárias - Faro
Interior furniture: Innoverse Unipessoal lda
More: Exterior wood_ Carpintaria Gil
