Projecto Homem in Braga, Portugal by Cerejeira Fontes Architects

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On the  highest  point  in  the  city  of  Braga the  different temporal  strata of the city can be seen. This is the location to construct the building, connected to this visual memory. The connection  of the present occurs in the courtyards of the building, the location of social activity at the center, the repetition extends into the city’s areas of activities. These connections are registered non-explicitly in the subtraction of masses form the construction  of the building, extending it to the city squares, main streets, buildings and landscape. There is a formal  and social relationship  between  the city and the  building.  A project  for  the  rehabilitating people with  problems  with  substance abuse assumes the  same fragmented   relationship   of  city  life  at  your  feet.  The organization  of  the  architectural   elements, regardless  of the   different   functions   that   compose  the   program,   it provides a formal response for each individual space and is revealed as a tool to transforming it into a piece of the city. The building  consists of  two  platforms  which  fall  within several   blocks   seemingly   independent,  creating   two courtyards:  one facing the  city and the  other  an interior courtyard.

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

• Architects: Cerejeira Fontes Architects
• Project: Projecto Homem
• Location: Monte Picoto, Braga, Portugal
• Photography: Frederico Martins and Santo Eduardo di Miceli
  
• Software used: AutoCad
• Client: Centro de Solidariedade de Braga
• Construction company: João Fernandes da Silva, S.A.
• Authores: Arq. André de Moura Leitão Cerejeira Fontes, Arq. António Jorge de Moura Leitão Cerejeira Fontes
• Colaboratores: Arq. António Leitão Dias, Arq. Nuno Miguel Lima da Cruz, Arq. José Pedro da Silva Moreira Pereira Fernandes, Arq. Sónia Cristina Oliveira da Rocha Gonçalves, Arq. Nuno Alexandre da Costa Rebelo, Bruno Miguel da Silva Marques, Dr. Tiago de Moura Leitão Cerejeira Fontes
• Structural: Eng. Joaquim António Barros
• Eletrical: Eng. Luís O. de Carvalho
• Cost of constrution: 1.039.035,92€
• Cost/m²: 598,56€
• Construction areas: 1.735,90 m²
  
• Volume of construction: 5.207,70 m³
  
• Construction ended: July 2004

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Santo Eduardo di Miceli

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Frederico Martins

Image Courtesy © Cerejeira Fontes Architects

Image Courtesy © Cerejeira Fontes Architects

Image Courtesy © Cerejeira Fontes Architects

Tags: Braga, Portugal

Categories: Autocad, Building

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