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Casa d’Poço in Mindelo, Cape Verde by Heim Balp Architekten

Monday, November 29th, 2021

Article source: Heim Balp Architekten

Located in the historic district of Mindelo in Cabo Verde’s São Vicente island, the Casa d’Poço, HEIM BALP ARCHITEKTEN’s latest completion, reflects the Berlin-based practice’s sensitivity to local cultures as a means to foster a sense of community through architecture. Through their signature use of the hybrid façade, Heim Balp Architekten refer to both the aesthetics and the materials that characterize Cabo Verde’s distinct cultural identity and natural assets, all-the-while conceiving a versatile space, at once public and private, bringing together the residential, the cultural, and hospitality.

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Architects: Heim Balp Architekten
Project: Casa d’Poço
Location: Rua Lopes da Silva Guine-Bissau, Mindelo, Cabo Verde
Project Team: Michael Heim, Pietro Balp, Lia Janela, Matteo Rossi, Lisa Desager
Area: 580 m2
Completion Date: 2021

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Casa Celestina in Mindelo, Cabo Verde by Ramos Castellano arquitectos

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Article source: Ramos Castellano arquitectos

The city of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente, Capoverde, west Africa, is expanding rapidly, with 50% of the population under the age of 25, and with a constantly growing touristic flow.

The 60 sq m plot is located in the city’s center commercial street. A street that in the last 15 years has transformed its architecture, from residential, with traditional multi-colored one-storey houses, to small 4-storey apartment buildings, with the possibility of one meter overhang on the public road. How could we create an harmonious transition between the old existing, the new and the two existing buildings on the sides of the plot. Above all, as we could have conveyed through a 4-storey vertical facade, the same joy that was in traditional architecture, combining it with a new program.