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Palacio de Justica de Gouveia / Barbosa & Guimaraes Architects | ArchDoc

325 days

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© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyThis project takes advantage of the demolition of the existing building, which occupied the whole of the plot, to design a new Plaza, with a scale and dignity to receive the Law Courts. In dialogue with the granite walls that define its surroundings, the Plaza takes on the form of a bottling of stone, upon which the Law Courts rest. Architect: Barbosa & Guimaraes Architects Location: Gouveia, Portugal Project Year: 2010 Photography: José Campos, arqf architectural photography © José Campos, arqf architectural photographyThe building, set on four pillars, ensures transparency and connection between the two gardens that delimit it to the north and the south. The dignity and symbolism that a building like the Law Courts should always have is achieved at the cost of the monolithic and singular character that the volume of white concrete acquires, above all in the expression of its compact elevations, with empty spaces deeply excavated, as if suspended over the Plaza.© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyA staircase of generous proportions opening onto a patio honours access to the Court floor. The lobby/foyer crosses longitudinally the entirety of the building, communicating directly with the garden to the north, establishing a relationship of closeness with the tops of the existing trees through a horizontal empty space.© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyIn the volume, the courtroom stands out, with a set of vertical skylights that subtly light the whole space. The registrars services, which operate independently, are installed in the filled part of the building, open to an interior patio which communicates directly with the north garden. The project foresees a public car park, hidden under the plaza, with access from the adjacent streets.© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyProject Team: José António Barbosa, Pedro Lopes Guimarães, Miguel Pimenta, Cristina Chicau, Henrique Dias, José Marques, Luís Monteiro, Paula Fonseca, Susana Machado, Teresa Aroso, Raul Andrade, Pablo Rebelo Structure: Alberto Teixeira Hydraulics: Luis Veloso Electrical: Paulo Oliveira HVAC: Arnaldo Monteiro Construction: José Coutinho Director of Work: Rafael Luzio#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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EB23 Luis António Verney School / LGLS Arquitectos | ArchDoc

325 days

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Courtesy of LGLS ArquitectosBuilt in 1968 for second and third cycle students who are between 10 and 15 years of age, the intention of the rehabilitation of the EB23 Luis Verney António (LAV) school was understood as a chance to renew the presence and importance of the school as a reference not only for its users but to the whole community. Consequently, doing so would turn it into a center for meeting and learning.The winning proposal, designed by LGLS Arquitectos, takes the existing school in the Madredeus area of Lisbon, Portugal to create a reference building in which old and new merge into a single entity. More images and architects’ description after the break.Courtesy of LGLS ArquitectosThis neighborhood in the Madredeus area was initially created in the 1940s, as a mini garden city with two-floor villas for workers and grew with the construction of several social housing blocks and towers in the sixties and seventies. Despite its privileged location (a west facing slope towards the river Tagus), the downgrading of social and economic conditions, coupled with the physical isolation from the surrounding urban tissue (the neighborhood is located within a triangle of active railway lines), led to a self-centered community, somewhat disconnected from the rest of the city.Courtesy of LGLS ArquitectosIn order to achieve the goals of renewing its presence for the whole community, the possibilities inherent to the new functional brief, the topography and the architectural qualities of the existing buildings were combined, seeking the creation of a reference building in which old and new merge into a single entity.Courtesy of LGLS ArquitectosThis synthesis was achieved by the use of a “graft” building that will connect all of the original main buildings to be kept (gymnasium, workshops and classroom building), creating a new entrance, redefining existing patios, resolving differences in topography, and integrating the new sports pavilion. This graft seeks not only to link different buildings and topographical levels but also to provide informal meeting places in key points of the circulation system (something non-existent today), allowing users to find places for conversation or a quick lunch.ground floor planThe “graft” will house new functions (student facilities, administration and management). Existing buildings will be reused according to their spatial “vocation”: the wide span old gymnasium will house the new eating hall, assembly room and library, the former workshops with north facing skylights will be occupied by drawing and music classrooms while standard classrooms and laboratories will fill the modular classroom building. The new sports pavilion will be half-sunk into the terrain, so that its scale and volume do not compete with the other original volumes.first floor planThe “graft” element will also help to clarify the use and meaning of the exterior spaces of the complex: the existing patios will be visually (re)connected between themselves, avoiding a sense of closure by promoting views towards both the distant and the near horizon. The majority of the existing trees will be kept, hinting at the presence of the Madredeus Park to the South, beyond the elementary school.sectionsThe proposed functional layout will allow for the exterior community to use some of the school’s new facilities during weekends and nights, namely the assembly room, library and sports pavilion. In addition, the provision of a connection (in the form of a ramp along the northern edge of the plot, linking to the stands of the football field) to the adjacent elementary school num.138 will allow younger pupils to use the new facilities in the LAV school.The possibility of blending old and new, interior and exterior, students and community, is thus at hand.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown / Charles Correa Associates | ArchDoc

325 days

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© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyCharles Correa Associates designed this research and diagnostic center located in Lisbon. It is a state-of-the-art facility guided by some of the best scientist in the world. Correa says, “What makes me most proud about this project is that it is NOT a Museum of Modern Art. On the contrary, it uses the highest levels of contemporary science and medicine to help people grappling with real problems; cancer, brain damage and going blind. And to house these cutting-edge activities, we tried to create a piece of architecture. Architecture as Sculpture. Architecture as Beauty. Beauty as therapy.”Architect: Charles Correa Associates Location: Lisbon, Portugal Project Area: 50,000 sqm Photographs: José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyThe site, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean, is steeped in history. It is the site where Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama and other great Portuguese left on their journeys into the unknown—a perfect metaphor for the discoveries of contemporary science today, Correa points out.© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyThe 3 units that constitute the project (the largest for the doctors and scientist, the second for the theatre, the exhibition hall, the Foundation offices, etc, and the third is an open-air amphitheater for the city) have been arranged to create a 125m long pathway leading diagonally across the site, towards the open seas.© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyThis pathway is ramped up (at a gentle slope of 1:20) – so as you ascend, you see only sky ahead of you. At the end of the ramp are two stone monoliths, straight from the quarry. When you reach the highest point, you begin to see a large body of water, which seemingly connects (i.e., without any visual break) to the ocean beyond. In the center of this water body, just below the surface of the water, is an oval shaped object—made of stainless steel and slightly convex, so that it reflects the blue sky and passing clouds above.© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photography© José Campos, arqf architectural photographyProject Team: Charles Correa, Sachin Agshikar, Manas Vanwari, Dhaval Malesha Architect of Record: Glintt Laboratory and Clinical Design: RMJM Services: Vanderwell Structure: LNM Bridge Design: Joerg Schlaich Lighting: DPA Landscape: PROAP Signage: Studio Dambar#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}