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Sumit Singhal
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. ATELIER Z in Porto, Portugal by paulosantacruz.arquitetosApril 14th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: paulosantacruz.arquitetos Located in an historic building in the heart of the city of Porto, this project consisted in the transformation of a room into the author’s architecture office. Although small (55 m2), this premium space, in regards of solar exposition and relationship with its urban surroundings, was able to accommodate all the demands and areas inherent to its new role as a contemporary office.  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography
 Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography Therefore, the office develops throughout six distinct areas: (1) a working area, (2) a printing area, (3) a meeting area, (4) a storage area, (5) a kitchen and (6) a bathroom, in a set of spaces organized in two groups – work and services – distributed along a corridor that unifies the entirety of the place. This distribution results from the functionality and time of usage of each area, whereby the office was organized in a way that the most ephemeral spaces were located by the door, as opposed to the more permanent working areas which require the most privacy and light.  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography Due to the specificity of all the different spaces, they were distinctly organized in a way that the support areas were enclosed in a volume attached to the circulation corridor and parallel to the working areas laid out in an open plan. This unity is also strengthened through the usage of a profile of light and bookcase that link the three working areas and promote their interconnectivity and fluidity of circulation.  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography In order to create a coherent unit between these new elements and the pre-existing ones, the entirety of the space was painted white with the exception of the more concrete looking grey floor that allows for a contrasting element that avoids an excessive homogenization of the space. This proposal mainly intended to create a space that, although located in an historical building, would answer the modern demands of an office and promote a respectful dialog with its pre-existence.  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © João Morgado – Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © paulosantacruz.arquitetos  Image Courtesy © paulosantacruz.arquitetos  Image Courtesy © paulosantacruz.arquitetos
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