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Edífico Avenida Nuno Alvares Pereira
Edífico Avenida Nuno Alvares Pereira
Santo Tirso, Portugal
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Other Projects by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto
Edífico Avenida Nuno Alvares Pereira
Santo Tirso, Portugal
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
This building is a clear example of how architecture can restore life and function to structures once forgotten by the city. For years, it was viewed almost as an urban inevitability, a built skeleton misunderstood within its surroundings, marked by abandonment and a lack of integration with its environment.
The main objective of the project was to transform this building without denying its original structure and essence. Instead of opting for demolition and new construction, the decision was to renovate, preserving what was possible and introducing improvements to adapt it to the present day. The intervention clad and adjusted the existing structure, creating an architectural image aligned with contemporary urban language and reaffirming the building as an integral part of the city’s dynamic fabric.
Its built volume stands out in the landscape for its strong presence and the horizontality created by wide, rhythmic openings that organise the building into different levels. These openings generate balconies, terraces, and windows that provide natural light, ensuring functionality without compromising formal and volumetric unity. The composition is marked by strong colour contrasts and the dynamic arrangement of planes that direct and counter-direct, creating variations and rhythms that reinforce the contemporary character of the intervention.
Today, this building is one of the tallest in the city and has one of the largest constructed masses in the local urban context. Typologically, it responds to the housing needs of modern times, offering comfort consistent with current living standards, combined with an architectural image that enhances and qualifies the surrounding landscape.
Beyond its architecture, the great value of this project lies in its ability to understand the building’s history, question it, and transform it for the benefit of all: its residents, the landscape it shapes, the city it is part of, and the wider territory it integrates.
The main objective of the project was to transform this building without denying its original structure and essence. Instead of opting for demolition and new construction, the decision was to renovate, preserving what was possible and introducing improvements to adapt it to the present day. The intervention clad and adjusted the existing structure, creating an architectural image aligned with contemporary urban language and reaffirming the building as an integral part of the city’s dynamic fabric.
Its built volume stands out in the landscape for its strong presence and the horizontality created by wide, rhythmic openings that organise the building into different levels. These openings generate balconies, terraces, and windows that provide natural light, ensuring functionality without compromising formal and volumetric unity. The composition is marked by strong colour contrasts and the dynamic arrangement of planes that direct and counter-direct, creating variations and rhythms that reinforce the contemporary character of the intervention.
Today, this building is one of the tallest in the city and has one of the largest constructed masses in the local urban context. Typologically, it responds to the housing needs of modern times, offering comfort consistent with current living standards, combined with an architectural image that enhances and qualifies the surrounding landscape.
Beyond its architecture, the great value of this project lies in its ability to understand the building’s history, question it, and transform it for the benefit of all: its residents, the landscape it shapes, the city it is part of, and the wider territory it integrates.
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