Description:
The intervention consisted in the rehabilitation the old Albufeira Administrative Court, with reference to its original construction in the third quarter of the 19th century, adapting the existing building into an Arts and Crafts Centre. The building will be dedicated to activities for the dissemination of local arts, techniques, knowledge and craft products, integrating the components of information, exhibition, training and incubator in the context of local and regional artistic and craft production.
Before the intervention, the building was abandoned and in a poor state of conservation. The intervention intended to settle the heritage and architectural values and the memory of the place with contemporary technical, comfort and functional adaptability requirements.
The flexibility of the new exhibition and workshop rooms makes it possible to accommodate a diversity of contents and activities scheduled for the Arts and Crafts. Service spaces and assisted accesses were introduced as well as a mezzanine floor in response to the new programming and functional requirements.
A square patio was created in the building's courtyard as a structural element in the articulation between the various floors of the building, ensuring ideal conditions for natural ventilation and light for all the spaces on the lower floor.
The wood, the painted brick, the local limestone, and the textured white surfaces, as well as the glazing bricks that filters the light, seek to recover themes and features of the Mediterranean architecture with the necessary contemporary approach.
Datasheet:
Project
Renovation and adaptation of the old court house to arts and crafts center
Client
Public - Albufeira council
Location
Albufeira, Portugal
Project
2017
Construction
2020 - 2023
Status
built
Architecture
Bruno Oliveira
Marlene dos Santos
Camilo Vaz
Collaborators
Edite Borges
Paulo Coelho
Andreia Martins
Cristovão Gonçalves
Rita André
Ligia Agostinho
Structures planning
PROGOTICA - Rui Graça e Costa
Sanitary planning
PROGOTICA - Rui Graça e Costa
Acoustic planning
PROGOTICA - Rui Graça e Costa
Termal performance planning
CERTITERM - Miguel Rodrigues Ferreira
Eletric planning
Paulo António Escobar
Fire protection planning
PROGOTICA - Rui Graça e Costa
Model
Estudio ODS
Photography
João Grama . Estudio Peso
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