Casa Acreditar Porto
Casa Acreditar Porto
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ARCHITECTS
ALA.rquitectos
PHOTOS
João Morgado - Architecture Photography (26)
STATUS
Built
AREA
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Porto, Portugal
TYPE
Government + Health › Medical Facility Residential › Multi Unit Housing
Casa Acreditar do Porto is a very peculiar project, with a very specific program, for a universe of very special users.
The House is designed for 16 children and adolescents with cancer who, during the period of treatments to be done at the Porto IPO, need a House to stay with their families.
As such, the main objective of this project was to create a building, a living space with the maximum of comfort, that could help to overcome the longing, creating a familiar environment in a coexistence of friendship and solidarity.
Another concern that prevailed in the requirements of the project was the cost containment theme, we are dealing with a project whose total financing results from donations and patronage.
For this reason, we have delineated from a very early stage a strategy that went through the choice of Portuguese materials and brands that allowed us, from an early stage, to establish a relation of project involvement by all its stakeholders and that later resulted in an important Donations to the work.
In addition to these issues we were also asked to take into account the issue of strength and durability of the materials chosen since the users of this building has a great turnover.
