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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Social Complex in Alcabideche, Portugal by Guedes Cruz ArquitectosJanuary 22nd, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Guedes Cruz Arquitectos Located in Cascais, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, the Social Complex of Alcabideche with a total construction area of approximately 10,000 m2 aims to reconstitute a Mediterranean life style in which the outdoor spaces of streets, plazas and gardens are like an extension of the house itself.  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves
 Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves
Concluded in 2012 it comprises 52 houses (housing units intended for elderly couples) and a main support building that houses the social areas, a nursing area with individual rooms and an area for bedridden patients.  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves The connective layout with a modulation of 7.5m has, as in a Medina, streets of different widths reserved for pedestrians who enjoy the protection of the shade provided by the houses by day and at night are guided by the light the houses give off. In the event of an emergency, users can activate an alarm that alerts the control station located in the central building and the box-shaped roof’s light changes: the large white box turns red.  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves The final solutions depend on the effectiveness of its form or on the efficacy of the functioning of the choices of systems and materials to be used. The houses are formed by a nucleus of exposed concrete with a “rough” formwork of wooden lathes that house the habitable area, living room and kitchen, bedroom and bathroom and a box in which the material, plexiglass, has specific characteristics: reflection of the sun’s rays (white), being impermeable, being resistant to the weather and to fire and which allows the light in (translucid).  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves The stabilization of the temperature on the inside of the housing units is due to the reflective properties of the white box of the roof and the thermal efficiency of the air cushion created between the plexiglass box and the concrete base. The central building, within the same modelling and principles, contains all of the common services necessary for proper functioning and quality of living. It includes the electricity production systems, the photovoltaic plant, which supply the habitable areas of the residence.  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  Image Courtesy © Guedes Cruz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Guedes Cruz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Guedes Cruz Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © Guedes Cruz Arquitectos
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