Alcaide House

Alcaide House
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ALCAIDE HOUSE

Carvalho Araujo

ARCHITECTS
Carvalho Araujo

PHOTOGRAPHS
NUDO

AREA
23346 ft²

YEAR
2020

MANUFACTURERS
Much more than a window

LEAD ARCHITECT
Jose Manuel Carvalho Araujo

CLIENTS
Promolanhoso – Promocao Imobiliaria S.A.

CONSTRUCTOR
Costeira – Engenharia e Construcao

ENGINEERING
BO Associados - Projectos de Engenharia, Lda

CATEGORY
Renovation, Residential

LOCATION
Braga, Portugal

The project Casas Alcaide is located in the historic center of the city of Braga.

Alcaide House
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Alcaide House
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The building consists of five floors, four of them above the threshold level with apartments that vary between t1 and t4 typologies.

The main facade was preserved, through its reconstruction with some of the original elements, combined with new elements – namely the spans, due to the need for the complete demolition of the existing ones.

Alcaide House
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Alcaide House
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Alcaide House
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The interior of the building, the rear facade and the roof assume a more contemporary language, materialized in the construction solutions and materials used and adapted to the new needs of uses.

Alcaide House
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Alcaide House
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On the ground floor, in addition to the common atriums that provide access to the elevator, the stairs and some of the apartments, there are also patio areas belonging to each of the apartments that confront the existing wall section.

On the floor below the threshold, where the garage is located, there is an important archaeological find that has been preserved and integrated into the project, not only as a way to dignify it, but also as an element that values the atrium on this floor and the intervention itself.

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Alcaide House
Principal elevation
Alcaide House
Elevation


Alcaide House
Section A
Alcaide House
Technical Section


Alcaide House
Plan - Basement
Alcaide House
Plan - Ground Floor
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Plan - 1st Floor
Alcaide House
Plan - 2nd Floor
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Plan - 3rd Floor
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Plan - Roof


Alcaide House
Technical Area Floor Plan