Final Work of the Course
- Urban Reordination of the Alto da Ajuda area
The marked area in the image refers to the worked area, as a proposal a Study Center, and a larger number of habitation as well as commercial support equipment.
The Study Center which was an obligational part of the program, presents a strong relation with the Palace, because it starts from an eminent beam integrated with the Palace and the D. Carlos I statue, I have considered that this “beam” was in need of a closure to balance all the relational and spatial system, in a way that could sustain the exterior spatiality, and to create a beginning and an end, so on the west side, the main building of the study center concludes the beam. The Study Center program, was sub-divided into several buildings which are distributed in a determined rhythm, in a way to create a pleasant green central area with a lake.
As a conclusion of this exercise, it was requested to develop one of the buildings of the program. In the image above, the building that was developed is marked with an yellow dot.
The Study Center which was an obligational part of the program, presents a strong relation with the Palace, because it starts from an eminent beam integrated with the Palace and the D. Carlos I statue, I have considered that this “beam” was in need of a closure to balance all the relational and spatial system, in a way that could sustain the exterior spatiality, and to create a beginning and an end, so on the west side, the main building of the study center concludes the beam. The Study Center program, was sub-divided into several buildings which are distributed in a determined rhythm, in a way to create a pleasant green central area with a lake.
As a conclusion of this exercise, it was requested to develop one of the buildings of the program. In the image above, the building that was developed is marked with an yellow dot.
- Development of the Main Building of the Study Center
Human scale was a big concern.The two volumes are connected by a roof covering, which is characterized like an exterior but still interior, rhythmed by pillars that extend to the top of the building.
In this building you can find, two auditoriums, the Study Center library, the boarding, the department directors facilities and the canteen.
The building in which holds the library offers a larger connection with the river, the library occupies two levels, and contains reading areas, computer area and audiovisual. On the last floor you can find the canteen, with an esplanade on the corner of the building, giving in this way a 180 degree perception of the surrounding.
On the other building, the boarding is on the upper level, it has an independent entrance, but the access to the other levels is also possible from the interior. The au
ditoriums are located on the lower levels. The whole building has plenty of natural illumination, some windows have vertical “brise-soleil” in wood, which protects the interior from the sun, especially the windows that are facing south.
All this project is to be integrated in the area, accepting all the eminent problems as an incentive for the reflection and resolution of a whole structure. And taking to the last consequences the implementation of a projectual attitude that acts symbiotically with the site, the pre-existing and the proposed program, harmonizing relations that start always from the whole to the particular.
ditoriums are located on the lower levels. The whole building has plenty of natural illumination, some windows have vertical “brise-soleil” in wood, which protects the interior from the sun, especially the windows that are facing south.All this project is to be integrated in the area, accepting all the eminent problems as an incentive for the reflection and resolution of a whole structure. And taking to the last consequences the implementation of a projectual attitude that acts symbiotically with the site, the pre-existing and the proposed program, harmonizing relations that start always from the whole to the particular.