Aires Mateus and Associates

Trinity College Renovation

Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido

TRINITY COLLEGE RENOVATION

Aires Mateus

ARCHITECTS
Aires Mateus

AUTHORS
Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus

COORDINATION
Susana Rodrigues

SPECIALITIES
BETAR, GPEC Trofa, JOULE, José Galvão Teles

COLLABORATORS
Valentino Capelo Sousa, Patrícia Marques, Mariana Barbosa Mateus, Joana Carmo Simões, Vânia Fernandes, Olga Sanina, Sara Nobre

CONSTRUCTOR
Veiga Lopes S.A.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nelson Garrido

AREA
4093 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Coimbra, Portugal

CATEGORY
Schools, Renovation

Text description provided by architect.

The project starts with the consideration of heritage and historical values.

Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido

We differentiate between the "eternal" value of the project´s masses: the compression of the great walls and domes, and the "ephemeral" character of the old structures: constructive systems traditionally made of wood.

The project was developed following this understanding of passing time, preserving the value of the "eternal" and proposing a new "ephemeral".

Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido

A structure made of steel, separate and flooded with light, suggests a new contemporaneity.


Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido


Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido
Trinity College Renovation
© Nelson Garrido


Trinity College Renovation
Elevation
Trinity College Renovation
Elevation
Trinity College Renovation
Elevation
Trinity College Renovation
Elevation
Trinity College Renovation
Elevation


Trinity College Renovation
Planta
Trinity College Renovation
Planta
Trinity College Renovation
Planta
Trinity College Renovation
Planta - Teto


Trinity College Renovation
Implantation
Trinity College Renovation
Section

Aires Mateus and Associates
T +351 213 815650
Aires Mateus and Associates
R. Cecílio de Sousa 52, 1200-102 Lisboa, Portugal