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AWARD TERTIARY OFFICES
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Business Center de Oliveira de Azemeis, Matosinhos,
Portugal
Architect Agency
Telmo Castro & Pedro Mendes Architects
Owner
Câmara municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis,
Joaquim Jorge Ferreira
Technal Metal Builder
José Carvalho, Metalcovo
The main objective of the proposal is the articulation between
the architecture and the natural elements of the place such as
vegetation and light. The result is materialized in the presence
of a two-storey building distributed in five interconnected
blocks. This levitates on a great vacuum space whose envelope
stands out for the superposition and contrast between planes
of great visual permeability with opaque and porous surfaces.
The systems that make up the perforations of the facades
confer different perspectives that superimpose the natural and
constructed values of the place to the experience of the new
building.
Thus, the proposed use is designed with concrete in a structure
of great flexibility and versatility with multiple possibilities
of organization and occupation. The access to the building is
organized in two levels: the first one from the covered zone of
car park, with direct entrance to an atrium that leads to the first
floor; and the second one, from a bridge in reinforced concrete
that is divided in two ramps.
The relationship between the interior and exterior spaces is
regulated by an external skin of porous metallic mesh that
provides a great transparency towards the exterior as well as
protecting the interior from direct solar incidence.
SOLEAL concealed sash windows installed contribute to
improving the transparency of the façade.
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