Oporto Anselmo Apartments

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Fernando Fernandes

OPORTO ANSELMO APARTMENTS

Arquitectos Aliados

PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Fernandes, Alexander Bogorodskiy

AREA
23702 ft²

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Sika, Cinca, Duravit, Knauf, MICROCRETE, Vicaima, Weber, Arquitectos Aliados, Azulejos Aleluia, Casa Das Lâmpadas, Leca, Secil, Tria, Moso-bamboo

LEAD ARCHITECT
Susana Leite

ENGINEERING
ASL

CLIENTS
Porto Dorme

PROJECT TEAM
Autores: Susana Leite , Luis Barbosa, Pedro Monteiro Colaboradores: Clara Araújo, João Farinha

LANDSCAPING
Arquitectos Aliados, Lda

DECORATION
Arquitectos Aliados, Lda

CATAGORY
Apartments, Apartment Interiors, Residential

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Porto, Portugal

Text description provided by architect.

The - Oporto Anselmo apartment block - is a housing complex with thirty (30) apartments, located in the center of Porto.

Primarily intended for short-term stays, all apartments, even the smaller units, have a balcony (in the upper floors) or a garden patio (in the lower ones).

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy

In addition to the normal characteristics of a collective housing building, common indoor and outdoor living areas, such as a swimming pool/changing room and garden areas, were proposed.

The proposal sought to free a large part of the plot for the creation of garden areas, given that the previous construction (industrial character, in ruins) occupied a significant area.

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy

Permeable areas were proposed in the backyard, through patios and garden areas, at different levels.On the parking lot’s roof, a suspended garden is proposed.

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy

The entire volumetry, understood as a compact “mass”, is torn to allow a game of fullness and emptiness, of light and shadow, both on the main façade (east) and on the back façade (west).

These recesses, both facing the street and the patio/garden, accommodate private balconies and natural light entrances for patios.

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Fernando Fernandes
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy

Formally, the proposal is based on a monolithic language using the least number of materials (concrete) in contrast to steel and wood accents.

Thus, both in the design and in the choice of materials, an effort is made to intervene in a simple and clean way.

The intended result is a natural willingness to occupy the space, to use it, to participate in its own existence.

An austere work of architecture, through its classicist approach to form, volumes, geometry, colors and textures.

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Alexander Bogorodskiy
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Fernando Fernandes

Regardless of the year of the project/construction, the aim is to have the same impact, the same formal and constructive quality, the same warmth in welcoming those who inhabit and attend.

It was intended for the piece to be a timeless work with various references, whether national or from the rest of Europe.

Oporto Anselmo Apartments
© Fernando Fernandes


Oporto Anselmo Apartments
Ground floor plan
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
1st floor plan


Oporto Anselmo Apartments
Implantation
Oporto Anselmo Apartments
Elevation and Section