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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. Hotel in Coimbra, Portugal by depA ArchitectsSeptember 20th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: depA Architects The three pre-existing buildings around a mediterranean courtyard are located Coimbra, in the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Protection Zone. In such delicate surroundings, the intervention seeks a sensible design balanced between the need for technical adaptations to contemporary building demands, the legal requirements for a contemporary hotel and the huge care that an intervention of this type requires. In other words, the adaption to the new program and the consequent deep intervention by all means paid deep respect for the historical relevance of the buildings and its great architectural and constructive values.  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography
 Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography This balanced strategy allowed, at the same time, to clarify the difference between the preserved old elements and all the new ones and, above all, the difference between the three buildings: the former house on the upper level, the small palace on the lower level, and the third in-between, which is more picturesque. The courtyard which aggregates the three buildings is open to the public and is the life heart of the new hotel. The use of traditional materials such as stone, wood and iron, not only for for structural purposes but also for final details and finishings made, at the end, the whole intervention coherent and avoids a disruptive atmosphere or design.  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © José Campos Architectural Photography  Image Courtesy © depA Architects  Image Courtesy © depA Architects  Image Courtesy © depA Architects  Image Courtesy © depA Architects  Image Courtesy © depA Architects  Image Courtesy © depA Architects
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