This project is an exploration of the many dimensions of society life: public environments such as a library, semi-public spaces like a chapel and private ones like a senior residence. The, now abandoned, plot is located in Setúbal in the neighborhood of Troino, old neighborhood of fishermen. The batch was composed by several industrial fragile buildings and a workers' village. In the project, these first buildings were demolished and the last one was rehabilitated, maintaining the openings, changing only its height and the roof. This project was developed in a gesture that surrounds the batch, embracing it and thus creating an interior patio, which allows lighting. The streets were widened invinting an entrance to the residence reserved for the elderly. In the low corner, a square was created with the intention of being a place of breathing space that precedes the library auditorium and the chapel, intended for the general population. The senior residence develops from the upper right corner to the lower left corner in an L shape, being closely linked with the chapel. In order to give the chapel a certain spirituality, beams of light were cut out at the roof. The library emerges from the extension of the ancient workers' village. The patio created by the buildings is intended to be a fusion between a green and a paved space. In this way, a central water elementd and a strip of gravel were placed, what makes the transition between the grass and the pavement in a more natural and organic way. This project was designed in cooperation with my colleague Mónica Sobral Leonardo in Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.

Location plan of the plot with the buildings

Organizational charts of the areas

Exploded orthogonal perspective

Aerial view render

Patio render