THE ART OF DIALOGUE OF ARCHITECTURE

Fernão Magalhães Project located on the 2nd biggest avenue in Porto, Fernão Magalhães. The avenue is in a special period of overall transformation, the government aims to create a unified overall frontage of 7- 8 floors, and retain individual low-rise houses with historical characteristics of protection classification.The volume reflects the visual connection with different streets.

 

This project is divided into 2 volumes, the 7 floors building on the Fernão Magalhães, and the low-rise townhouses facing the side street Rua Cunha Espinheira, a reminder of old Porto from a XIX century, with a much more domestic scale, composed mainly from single family houses. This 2 volumes are connected by the ground public area and the underground garage. There are 9 apartments on 7 floors building, with area ranges from 45.5m² to 148m², and the three townhouses are all about 165m².

 

We want to create a mixed building that could have a dialogue. We conceptually and visually define the building in 3 moments from below to the top, following also a constructive logic. First there is a concrete "base" where both the houses and the building sit. Second there's a concrete frame with the same height of the classified building, evoking the weight of the stone. Third and last, there's a metal Frame, more light and contemporary showing the growing city of the present and future.