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Pocinho High Performance Rowing Center
Pocinho High Performance Rowing Center
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
Project Featured on May 14, 2015
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Pocinho High Performance Rowing Center
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
Project Featured on May 14, 2015
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
Conceptually, the solution draws deeply on two ancestral ways of inhabiting Douro valley. On one side are the agricultural stepped stone terraces, that are the long lasting trademark of the region; on the other are the large wineries that, built over distant and different times, have acquired complex compositions of white walls and volumes.
Like in a long planned wine blend, we try to put this two "grape varieties" interacting in ways that the all could signify more than the addition of the parts, but without losing their individual personalities in the process.
In the higher altitudes of the site, with the most impressive views, the Social Area seeks the quiet, relaxing and majestic landscape.
In the lower ones, the Sports Area, where the Gymnasium turns its back to this omnipresent landscape, and focuses on the tectonic telluric energy of the hearth of shale.
In the middle, semi-buried in the ground and built in bare concrete, the individual room cells.
Sustainability speaking, with active systems mainly determined by different legislations, the architectural form and concept merges with passive sustainability options.
Whereas the more quiet activities (studying, sleeping') the volumes are semi-buried in the ground, looking to reduce (architectural) skin, to decrease the thermal exchanges and also gain thermal inertia. The "south" facing skylights assists this thermal inertia, by exposing the inner bare concrete walls to the south sun, acting as a passive heater, shaded in the sun.
In the more active human activities (living, mingling, playing, training) the white walls reflect the merciless summer Douro's sun, with the assistance of a complex constructive system with multiple layers that defines ventilated walls and roofs. The complex form, more that any architectural whim, not only structure the internal spaces, but also allows passive sun shade in the summer, and direct sun exposure in winter.
Like in a long planned wine blend, we try to put this two "grape varieties" interacting in ways that the all could signify more than the addition of the parts, but without losing their individual personalities in the process.
In the higher altitudes of the site, with the most impressive views, the Social Area seeks the quiet, relaxing and majestic landscape.
In the lower ones, the Sports Area, where the Gymnasium turns its back to this omnipresent landscape, and focuses on the tectonic telluric energy of the hearth of shale.
In the middle, semi-buried in the ground and built in bare concrete, the individual room cells.
Sustainability speaking, with active systems mainly determined by different legislations, the architectural form and concept merges with passive sustainability options.
Whereas the more quiet activities (studying, sleeping') the volumes are semi-buried in the ground, looking to reduce (architectural) skin, to decrease the thermal exchanges and also gain thermal inertia. The "south" facing skylights assists this thermal inertia, by exposing the inner bare concrete walls to the south sun, acting as a passive heater, shaded in the sun.
In the more active human activities (living, mingling, playing, training) the white walls reflect the merciless summer Douro's sun, with the assistance of a complex constructive system with multiple layers that defines ventilated walls and roofs. The complex form, more that any architectural whim, not only structure the internal spaces, but also allows passive sun shade in the summer, and direct sun exposure in winter.
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