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Architects: oitoo
- Area: 416 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Ricardo Loureiro
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Saint-Gobain, Aleluia Cerâmicas, Amorim, Ikea, Isea
![Armazem Cowork / oitoo - Interior Photography, Facade, Balcony, Door, Concrete](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5fdb/a85d/63c0/1798/5900/0377/newsletter/1.jpg?1608230985)
Text description provided by the architects. An old warehouse in Porto which was vacant for 44 years, with an anonymous ground floor underneath a residential multi-storey building, in a neighbourhood slowly abandoned by commerce and businesses in the last decades.
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oitoo brought it back to life as armazem cowork. This project is a reflection on the hidden qualities of often unused ground floor spaces and showcases the design methodology potentiality as a catalyst of reactivation.
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The project hopes to demonstrate the underlying qualities and opportunities of unused ground floors and remake the collective opinion of these spaces often tainted by a poor public perception as unsafe and unfit for inhabiting or working. If these spaces remain unoccupied, street life will continue to be absent. Walking on a sidewalk amidst neglected, empty stores is a harrowing experience, and emptiness breeds poor use of public space, resulting in disquieting, seedy streets.
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The change of use from former warehouse to co-working office will hopefully contribute to the reactivation of the street level as a lively space. A buffer space mediates street and working areas and acts as a display for businesses inside; in the back, a surprising garden allows for perfect outdoor work or leisure moments.
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