Casa das Caldeiras / João Mendes Ribeiro e Cristina Guedes

Jun 2010

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Architects: João Mendes Ribeiro e Cristina Guedes
Location: Coimbra, Portugal
Collaborators: Duarte Krüger, Eva Berghofer, Francisco Mourão, Manuela Nogueira, Marco Pedrosa, Odete Pereira, Luís Crisóstomo, Pedro Grandão, Ricardo Silva, Sónia Bom, Sónia Gaspar (Project Design). Adalgisa Lopes, Cristina Maximino, Ana Rita Martins, Catarina Fortuna, Diana Afonso, Joana Figueiredo, Jorge Teixeira Dias (Built Project)
Structural Engineer: Alípio Guedes
Hydraulic Engineer: Alípio Guedes
Electrical Engineer: Fernando Silva
Mecanical Engineer: Isabel Sarmento
Client: Universidade de Coimbra
Project Year: 2006-2008
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

This project involves remodelling the old Thermal Centre of University of Coimbra Hospital and constructing a new building. It was developed at the end of 1990s to house the Photographic Study Centre of the University of Coimbra.

site section 01

The work was completed about ten years later and the building handed over to the Faculty of Arts to serve as the premises for post-graduate courses in Art Studies. Despite the fact that the use and programme of the building had been altered the core characteristics of the project were maintained in full. The project led to requalification of the existing building, on the one hand enhancing it within its historical context of industrial archaeology and, on the other, clarifying its integration in the town structure.

The actual remodelling of the building involved minimal intervention and consisted in restoring the building, maintaining the structural machinery of the boilers and creating suitable air-conditioning and lighting systems for the new programme: cafeteria and art bookshop. The new building was designed in a deliberately neutral language to hightlight the main Casa das Caldeiras building and it was made in apparent concrete. It rises vertically in three square sectioned spaces of varying heights and combinations.

section C

The basis of its design is the configuration and volume of the old “coat room”.

: © 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

: site plan

: site section 01

: site section 02

: level 00 plan

: level 01 plan

: level 02 plan

: level 03 plan

: roof plan

: elevation 01

: elevation 02

: elevation 03

: section A

: section B

: section C

: section D

: section E

: exploded axo

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

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Casa das Caldeiras / João Mendes Ribeiro e Cristina Guedes" 07 Jun 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/62876>

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jun says:

beautifulllll!!!

# June 7, 2010 at 07:20

O. ARQUITECTOS SRS says:

RT @archdaily: Casa das Caldeiras / João Mendes Ribeiro e Cristina Guedes http://archdai.ly/drMRj6 #architecture

# June 7, 2010 at 07:21

archiholic says:

The Portugueses architects are awesome!!!… They have a excelent control and balance.

# June 7, 2010 at 10:02

rubbish says:

What does that even mean!? Are you honestly making a sweeping generalisation about a subjective matter? Dumb.

# June 7, 2010 at 12:44

Raquel says:

alguém está com dor de cotovelo…

# June 7, 2010 at 13:54

Rui Agnelo says:

Ai ai a dor de cotovelo!

# June 7, 2010 at 15:20

Nicholas Patten says:

Casa das Caldeiras. http://bit.ly/9QMvBw

# June 7, 2010 at 16:31

WPstudios says:

RT @nicholaspatten Casa das Caldeiras. http://bit.ly/9QMvBw

# June 7, 2010 at 16:32

tsk tsk says:

Rubbish is right, that’s a sweeping generalisation on subjective matter.
Not all portuguese architecture has excellent control and balance, like any architecture in the world, thus being a generalisation.
Dor de cotovelo? É um bom projecto mas não passa disso, quer isto dizer que me doi o cotovelo?

# June 8, 2010 at 03:41

Matias Cerrutti says:

Eu adoro a forma como os portugueses tendem a responder a qualquer tipo de critica!
Dor de cotovelo? Sois muito tristes…

Portugueses architects f******* are awesome!!!
Happy now? /facepalm

# June 8, 2010 at 04:57

Sara says:

querias provavelmente dizer: portuguese architects are f****** awesome
Não leves isto tão a sério, eles responderam na brincadeira…e já viste se todos os comentários fossem tão amargos como o teu?

Claro que não podemos generalizar a qualidade do trabalho dos arquitectos portugueses, mas é verdade que somos aplaudidos pelo esforço de sintese e equilíbrio.

# June 8, 2010 at 08:11

yep, sorry. copy/paste…

Amargo? E responder: “alguém está com dor de cotovelo…” é o que?

O comentario do rubbish é alguma mentira? O comentario do archiholic é que é uma generalizacão que nao faz qualquer sentido.

# June 8, 2010 at 10:23

Mas eu concordo com o ponto de vista agressivo do rubbish, só acho desnecessário criticar comentários do género “alguém está com dor de cotovelo”, até porque nem fazem muito sentido..

# June 8, 2010 at 10:46

squidly says:

only an idiot would take the statement made above about Portuguese architects literally. The gist of the statement is true; Portugal has given the architectural world some consistently brilliant work the past couple of decades, characterized by the clean, stark lines, thoughtful lighting, and beautiful workmanship on display in this project.

# June 8, 2010 at 09:19

andreas says:

congratulations!!
very beautifull. prerfect sence of space, body and time (or history).

# June 8, 2010 at 10:16

JuanLuisBurke says:

This is quite an interesting project for people who are into conservation, additions to historical contexts, and industrial archaeology. The way they maintain the old machinery in the space and integrate it into the new building functions makes for excellent contrasts and atmosphere. I like how the new concrete addition building works in the complex and performs three things, namely, to mark a contemporary intervention, to add a subtle factory-industrial aesthetic to the complex with its simple shape and rough material, and to draw as little attention as possible so as not to compete with the old. Excellent project.

# June 9, 2010 at 15:44

Pedro Furtado says: