Devesa Hotel

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DescriptiveThe city of Castelo Branco has its development after the construction of the castle, whichusually in medieval times was in the highest place of the land as a way of showingpower of the king to his people and to defend the city, and thus became the cityThe proposed site is located in the center of Castelo Branco, in the parking lot wherewas once the Hotel Turismo de Castelo Branco, along the so-called "dry docks" where thissame location before the program intervention polis stood, the market place is the cityPublic surrounded by buildings of great importance to the city (Court, Municipal Library,Contemporary Art Centre, City Hall and the Civic Center Castelo Branco).Before the intervention program polis stood in the market place of the town hall,being in the city center, would have a large population flow, with the program and the polisrehabilitation of the site, the same market ceases to exist, giving way to dry docks, a spaceleisure that unlike the market, where it attracts an audience of one age group morespecifies the docks attract all age groups of the population.The implantation site of the proposal as aforesaid is located at the parkParking along the Omnibox deposits, this same place where once stood theHotel Turismo de Castelo Branco, with this hangover after the 25th of April was demolishedas a way to demonstrate the power of the people against the regime of heightThe program launched this is also a hotel, which is quite complex and extensive, toGerman Tourist, Hotel contains many spaces as multipurpose space (conferences,conferences, exhibitions and concerts) and even serves as temporary apartment or residenceelderly, exploring various niches in the market no longer restricted to the inn.The basic idea of the program approach was to divide the hotel's multifunctional space, thus creatingconceptual idea as positive and negative, where positive is the hotel where the volume keepsrelationship of buildings cérceas large, multifunction and negative space, which is below thezero quota, looking this relationship with the square and the buildings of lower elevations of the terrain,not taking the role omnibox and leaving this to be seen.The idea for the volume of the building, has always been tried in this respect its surroundings,shaping up the surrounding buildings, not wanting to impose but having a rolesecondary zone. Southwest Side of deployment due to low cérceas of buildings, whichdo not pass the three floors Volume seeks to adapt to these buildings thereby creating arelation with them, even having a cut in its top to maximize the maximum sunlightthese buildings, the volume measure we doing your reading on front elevation cansee that this is growing, looking again relationship with large buildingscérceas the southeast side, and this after a great break by giving it the feeling thatseparates the idea of a break this brings is not to obtain an elevation continues with a reading, butwherein due to the large size of the building does not become too stands with thiseven breaks the volume has suffered subtractions until seek relationship with the street.With this game of ups and downs, and subtracts the volume, not its buildings thus becomes amonolithic monotonous, thus giving different experience people circulating around theArmando Albuquerque Ark / Proj EUAC Devesa V Hotelvolume, where the volume goes molding the point where this is never observed being equal,is always different depending on the location of the beholder.Outside the building the facade facing the square, it suffers from a base in curtesrhythmically, leaving one side of the square building open to anyone who is in the roommeals enjoy the view of the square, and on the other side of the Omnibox to mark the entrymain the same, and just beside a small garden where lanternis dissipate withtree leaves and pavement marking as a small flap of multifunction room entranceInside the building the idea was to end the corregidores distribution of dark hotelwhere we have a battery of rooms arranged by floors to the building that contains a sagaowhich distributes natural light to all floors of the hotel, and where to give more to this enfezeexperience guests have an alternative route, where in addition to using the lift canAlways take the stairs inside the hotel where they distribute the host for all floorsthus creating an alternative route and contact with all guests.Programmatically is divided in at least two parking floors.Least one floor of the multipurpose rooms where are the showroom, conferences,concerts, lectures and a small bar in support of these areas, consisting also areasservices such as hotel laundry, contrasting with the upper floor, this is darkerhaving some flashlights and a courtyard for natural light.Ground zero is situated in one of the service areas as well as the kitchen giving the valencebanquet room and breakfast, with this being the busiest floor of the hotel whereis the hotel's main entrance.Floor one where this is located in the dining room to there being a carte floor more reserved, forguests leaving a conference or congress, and also on this floor areasadministrative offices, a kitchen and support staff vestíramos hotel.Floor two until the seven doubles are located, being in the first two rooms for people withreduced mobility and the first floor for entertaining where the guest can move andstand being always with natural light, the seven floor where the suites are located here toocontains doubles,The two upper floors are intended for apartments T1 having the eighth floor spaceoutside where you can can contemplate White Castle.As construction system thought up the system stell frame, slightly to flee the buildingtraditional reinforced concrete and thus freedom in movement and equipment INFRASTRUCTUREHotel, being a construction system more controlled in its outer dressing in thecladding of the facades with aluminum plates using the ventilated façade system.

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