Article source: merooficina

The project Casas do Capitão was triggered by the will to regenerate a city plot located on Guimarães’ historical center edge. This small parcel, as most of the neighboring ones, was defined by a succession of constructions that, over the years, occupied all the available space.

The intervention aimed to adapt this urban space to new ways of life, relieving it from the more precarious buildings and valuing the existing elements, such as the large XIX century building. This main building was the starting point and the matrix for the two new constructions that defined the plot: an extension at the ground level and a new commercial building on the north side.

Image Courtesy © Tiago Casanova

• Architects: merooficina
• Project: Casas do Capitão
• Location: Rua Capitão Alfredo Guimarães, Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal
• Photography: Tiago Casanova
• Team: Catarina Ribeiro, Vitório Leite, Rafael Monteiro, Francisco Pereira, Rita Serra e Silva and Clarissa Mohany
• Engineering and Construction: NVE Engenharias, SA
• Square footage: 1810 sqm

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