Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Namibia / Sofia Granjo Arquitetos

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• Architects

  Sofia Granjo Arquitetos

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Area

  600.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  A Caixa Negra

• Category

  Adaptive Reuse

• Landscape architecture

  Pedro Nogueira

• Structural Engineering

  NCREP – Consultoria e Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda

• Services, Acoustic and Thermal Performance

  ASL & Associados Lda

• HVAC Systems

  Lusoclima – Soluções de Engenharia Lda

• Electrical and Electromechanical Installations, Telecommunications, Integrated Security

  J. Granjo Lda

• Main Contractor

  Weplan – Gestão de Projetos Lda

• Landscape Contractor

  Horto Alegria do Norte

• Client

  Rolenrio – Consultoria e Gestão S.A.
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Text description provided by the architects. The project brief was the rehabilitation and adaptation of a single-family residential built in 1961 into the new programmatic requirements of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Namibia.

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Given the traditional pre-existing construction, constrained by volumetric impositions and structural elements, the intervention aimed to observe the given spaces under the light of a contemporary architectural interpretation, developing new spatial and functional relations.

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As a building representative of a country, its rooms aimed to appear neutral and full of light, allowing the spaces to receive the cultural identity of its citizens. 

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