Lisbon

The Bairro das Colónias, in central Lisbon, appeared in the beginning of the 20th century. The owners of this flat, in the 1st floor of a corner building built in 1916, wanted to transform this space, updated and adapted to their requirements. NOZ ARQUITECTURA / Francisco Nogueira The flat develops itself along a corridor from which you access the various rooms. The entrance is highlighted with a soft colour and built-in lighting - a colour box. At the end of the corridor, the kitchen, carrying the same colour, defines the ends of home and the central space from where the rooms develop from. NOZ ARQUITECTURA / Francisco Nogueira The wooden flooring of light tones, and the white washed walls maximize the available natural... More

Interior remodeling project, with the challenge of integrating the various social and functional spaces. João Chatué Gonçalves The 150m2 apartment, built in the mid-80s, had a typical interior organization of separation of social, functional and private areas. Where the entrance hall having distribution to the bedroom corridor, the living social and meal areas and finally to the kitchen and laundry areas. João Chatué Gonçalves Having as its main premise the integration of the various social spaces with the kitchen, the proposal presented by MC-A materialized in removing physical and visual barriers between the living and kitchen areas. While integrating the dining space as a functional e... More

The challenge presented to MC-A consisted in designing the headquarters of a forward-thinking, custom software development, and consultancy company, that has the motto: “We bring the future into the present”.  Caption This project was envisioned to accommodate a team of IT professionals committed to overcome its clients’ biggest challenges, with innovative and disruptive solutions.  Specifically, the requirements included a work area for 20 workstations, a venue for conferences, formation and team building moments that seated at least 30 individuals, a pantry, and a chill out zone.  Caption Having sorted out the location, in one of the most environmentally friendly buildings of Lisbon, Portugal,... More

With over 60 years of history, the Ritz Four Seasons Lisbon is the most iconic hotel in Portugal. The renovation was carefully thought out to maintain the character of this unit opened in 1959. When highly acclaimed Portuguese architecture studio Oitoemponto was entrusted in 2019 to breathe new life into guest rooms and suites at the Hotel, design duo Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec baulked at the idea of modernising the classic Hotel. spacesandplaces.pt Through close collaboration between the Ritz, Oitoemponto and Vector Mais, which carefully carried out all the renovation works, it was possible to re-imagining the past for the present, embarking on a journey to evolve the Hotel's roots for 21st-century visitors. This attention to deta... More

Founded in 1981 in the United Kingdom, SAGE is the market leader in cloud management solutions, with a presence in 23 countries and more than 13.000 employees worldwide. For the renovation of its office in Lisbon, the multinational company chose Vector Mais as a general contractor in a project with interior architecture by Openbook studio. spacesandplaces.pt spacesandplaces.pt spacesandplaces.pt spacesandplaces.pt Located at the Art’s Business Center in Parque das Nações, the interiors of the SAGE office reflect its innovative and dynamic approach, providing a comfortable workspace for its employees. Entirely built by Vector Mais, the office stands out for its abundance of natural light, fluid worksp... More

The contemporary 2-storey dwelling is defined by white chromatic planes, which intersect with glass planes, and with black stone elements on the lower floor, whose black chromatic will contaminate the interior of the house. The trivial housing program, inserts the private areas on the upper floor of the house, and social areas on the lower floor, with a room that shares the space with the kitchen. Due to a sharp unevenness of the land, the entrance of the house is made through the highest area of the lot, allowing the elevation of the house, in the lowest land area of the terrain, creating a prominent volume in relation to the south street, and thus guaranteeing , greater privacy, compared to the glazed area of the dwelling. More

The office of the company 360 Imprimir // BIZAY shows the strong dynamism, ambition, and contemporaneity of this young Portuguese tech-company.Introducing itself as a business marketing services product platform, your office understands very demanding and job-intensive programmatic needs.The intervention space is characterized by a huge open space with a high intensity of natural light, open on three fronts, with a strong marking of the concrete structural beams with a large separation corridor between service area works (facilities). toilets, storage, technical areas, and emergency stairs).The concept of the project started from a synthesis of printing with the spatial elements to be composed of planes with different densities, textures or... More

As one of the main car renting companies in the Portuguese market, Locarent chose Vector Mais for the design and construction of its headquarters at Edifício Orange in Porto Salvo. With the new corporate identity of the company and the motto ‘mobility that unites us’ as starting points for the construction of interiors, Vector Mais has developed a contemporary, comfortable and dynamic environment. The colors associated with Locarent were used in an innovative way, through a choice of timeless materials and textures, something that is noticeable in the various spaces of the new headquarters, from the reception and library to the phone booths and cafeteria. The introduction of new furniture and lighting (supplied by Vector... More

Located in one of the most typical neighborhoods in the city, next to Praça do Martim Moniz and Avenida Almirante Reis, this project is the result of the transformation of a store and warehouse. This configuration, usual in buildings from the mid-20th century, gave way to a unique living space, idealized as a design loft. In order to maintain the character of the building, the loft aims to establish a dialogue between the past and the cosmopolitan present. Prepared for a contemporary lifestyle, the loft has continuous and communicating social areas. With a generous ceiling height, the loft has two floors. On the lower floor, there is a garage for a car, with direct views of the kitchen and social room, which share a single open spa... More

A stone's throw from São Jorge Castle, in the typical Mouraria neighborhood, this loft has resulted from transforming the large space of an old warehouse. Designed and built by Gavinho Architecture & Interiors, the loft was created for a cosmopolitan lifestyle, combining its central location with the serenity of facing a private courtyard.  In a totally open space, the loft develops on a single floor, where the spacious social area appears in the foreground with the kitchen and the living room. Further ahead, and after passing through an industrial metal and glass doors, the suite appears in an intimate and ample environment. Through an excellent use of space, the area at the back of the headboard houses a bathroom and a cl... More

The apartment, with 98 m2, located in Entrecampos, Lisboa, was characterised by excessive compartmentalisation and poor distribution of interior spaces.  With a simple gesture, the intervention aims to optimize de space. The major change concerns the social areas of the dwelling - kitchen and living room - which were repositioned. Its redesign allows to widen the entrance to the apartment and to get a better use of the available area.  The kitchen and most of the finishings were renewed with the exception of the wood parquet, which preserves the apartment identity.  A piece of carpentry was added throughout the living room and the bedroom, visually unifying the space.  More

Extension and Rehabilitation of a multi-family housing building. More

The apartment is located on the top floor of an early 20th century building. The interior space was characterized by excessive compartmentalization and significant lack of quality, aggravated by an increasing degradation. The project was based on the apartment’s existing layout, from which we attempted to maximize the use of the internal space, by reducing compartmentalization and circulation areas, and by inhabiting a hidden attic. The social area was wrapped in a wooden envelopment which gathers the supporting functions and organizes the dwelling. It incorporates the apartment’s entrance, the kitchen, the storage, the access to the private areas, and the hidden staircase that leads to the mezzanine - a retracted space of work and leisure,... More