Project developed for the “Arquitectar 2010”
competition (1st Prize) under the urban rehabilitation and sustainability
theme.
The intervention operates a 200 year old residential building
in the consolidated Lisbon city center. After studying several interventions in
this kind of building, we noticed that architects tend to add an extra floor or
some kind of extension. The project maintains the building envelope, re-defining
interior and common circulation spaces, providing the pre-existent building
with a contemporary feel. The potential of a neglected façade is explored with
the creation of a new interiorized exterior area, open, and naturally
illuminated but protected from the urban space with a vertical brise-soleil.