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Architects
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Location
Jardim de Infância Serra das Minas n.º2, R. de Urano, 2635 Sintra, Portugal -
Project Team
Joao Ferrao, Joao Costa Ribeiro, Andreia Teixeira, Filipa Ferreira, Maria Joao Oliveira, Tiago Pinhal Costa, Maria Amaral -
Client
Seara da Serra II, Lda. -
Hidraulic Consultants
PRPC Engenheiros -
Acustics
Acustiprojecto, lda -
Hvac
Frivenco, lda -
Contractor
Costa e Costa, lda. -
Budget
200,000E -
Area
118.0 m2 -
Project Year
2008
Text description provided by the architects. In an urban condition without any specific references, a residential suburb between Sintra and Lisbon, this project is inspired by the nearby Sala de Musica (the Music Room)in Palacio de Queluz and by the Patisseries and Cafés from the beginning of the XX century, where the substance that characterizes its interior is completely autonomous from the construction where it's inserted.
This means that the formal and tactile universe created here, will be as distant as possible from the nature of the existing building,a generic, typical suburban housing block. Tadellakt, polished stuccos, colored cement tiles, mirror and ruivina, a local type of marble, will be used either ultra polished or in its raw state, giving substance to a new material universe.
Generated trough a sequence of computer morphs, the main space is the result of the union of several different sections: the existing rear-windows, a new vaulted space and the entrance, creating a seamless, continuous transition between walls and ceiling.
Structural elements, entrances, refrigerated showcases and all fixed equipments are embedded and dissimulated on the wall thicknesses, creating a space with a clear identity in an anonymous neighborhood.
