07CMM / Spaceworkers

Mar 2010

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Architects: Spaceworkers
Location: Porto, Portugal
Principals in Charge: Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Collaborators: José Carlos, Vasco Giesta, Daniel Neto, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Rodrigues
Engineering: Pórtico – Engenharia, Lda
Client: Marta Massada e João Silva
Project Area: 180 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

section 01

Intervening in a typical habitation of the Oporto urban tissue it’s by itself a reason for the memory theme run through our thought, as the memory itself begins to delineate like a program, a “tool” capable of function as a moderator element between the “old” and the “new”.

This project tries to recreate the habitation spaces (an element per se container and generator of memories), preserving the identity of the architectonic object already existent, but with a greater cosmopolitan and contemporaneous touch, searching a symbiosis between two languages chronologically distant, intending to create an “actualized” architectonic object belonging to the sensorial universe of this place from Porto city.

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

: situation plan

: first floor plan

: second floor plan

: elevation 01

: elevation 02

: section 01

: section 02

: section 03

: section 04

: section 05

: detailed section 01

: detailed section 02

: first floor details plan

: first floor details

: second floor details plan

: second floor details

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "07CMM / Spaceworkers" 10 Mar 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/52144>

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pathos says:

It’s too bad about the freaky floor and garish colors, but there are some nice details here. For example, the reveal around the ceiling and the light cove. But what’s the point of creating a blind door only to put a large knob on it?

# March 11, 2010 at 01:44

Ikaz says:

What’s the point of creating a blind door only to put a large knob on it? Well eventually the blind door with only one handle is precisely to be blind for some reason, and the handle used to open it!

I like the freaky floor and the colors, it gives back memory of the old times of the house!!!

# March 11, 2010 at 05:24

Greg says:

My first look left me wondering why this was even here but upon a closer look I began to see some very nice details and thought put into a great rejuvenation of what appears to be a fairly old property. Kudos to the light touch in places to maintain a since of past while making the biggest changes in the areas with the greatest use… kitchen and bathrooms. Not necessarily what I would want to do in some cases but we all have different tastes which makes us all appreciate a job like this when done well.

# March 11, 2010 at 13:51

roadkill says:

wonderful details… not too overkill and great composed refurbishment… not living in the past but embracing the future! My warmest congratulations! [lovely detail drawings also]

# March 11, 2010 at 15:22

Jimbo says:

Something doesn’t quite sit right. Nice attempt though.

# March 11, 2010 at 23:17

kolohe says:

i’m still wondering why this project is here.
maybe there are some more interesting details in there that i just haven’t squinted my eyes to see, but upon cursory look, i’ve already pressed the ‘back’ button.

# March 12, 2010 at 13:52

memphis0 says:

It would be interesting to know what parts were reproduction and what elements were restoration and where that line blurred. Regardless – choice of colour, line and lighting contribute to the feeling of the architects’ objectives well met. Stunning.

# March 12, 2010 at 23:24

Polina says:

Love @ first sight! Fabulous!!!

# March 13, 2010 at 09:40

yo yo says:

I’ve been trying to figure out why this is even here too. And after looking at the photos better I think it shouldn’t. It’s interior design, but not necessarily architecture. Well done, but not at all ground breaking. I just think this blog is not about this sort of interior refurbishment. If that was the case there is plenty of garbage dressed as design that could easilly flood this blog. Personally I have worked on refurb projects before, and they can be interesting, but only when they go beyond colours, finishes and some details. Without something more “violent” there is no architecture, only “inferior design”. But well done for the refurb, it looks nice…

# March 15, 2010 at 08:07

David says: