This 900m² project is located in Vitória, one of the most elegant and valued urban areas in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. A complete renovation of the interior architecture was carried out, with new distributions of the environments and all the decoration.
In the new residence, the family already felt privileged to use the spaces in an uninterrupted manner, covering the 900m² flats. Architect David Bastos understood the individual needs of each one, as well as, because they are surrounded by many friends, the social areas spaces were dedicated to meeting the demand for large and small receptions, combining comfort and good distribution.
The design of the TPS was based on the conception of a great longitudinal axis to concentrate the technical areas and vertical circulation, distributing the different functions around continuous and transparent spaces. A mixed structure of steel and concrete was proposed to allow great flexibility in the program, allowing adjustments along the time without interfering in the airport dynamics. The canopy design was specially designed to avoid specific reflections of sunlight towards the airplanes, and becomes a surprise element for the airplane passengers who view it from above – the fifth facade, essential for an airport.
The solution proposed for the Art Centre is basically articulated around a dialogue between the old convent and the new building. A building-corridor winds next to the old building and goes over it to end up inside the cloister. It is conceived to be an icon, with an image that is formal and categorical yet simple and recognizable, which contrasts the former convent. Each building has an independent interpretation and they confront each other without establishing formal competition.
The E8 building is the result of a design competition called with the intention of highlight an ambitious expansion of Alava Technology Park, an institutional commitment to research whose validity and future should be represented by the building. The Park will rent or sell the full building by plants or by modules. The design should incorporate this uncertainty in use, which was taken as a positive requirement. The architecture must allow modify programs and adapt to uses, be transformable, such as the old buildings. Paradoxically, the building then gains in stability, in possibilities: we can say that the building wins time.
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