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Family Tomb in Coimbra / Comoco Arquitectos

Susanna Moreira — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Buildings associated with death, conceived or inspired by funerary rituals and practices, have given rise throughout history to some of architecture's most significant achievements. The desire to preserve memory has always inspired the design of funerary spaces that explore territories of ambiguity: between earth and sky; light and matter; the telluric and the ethereal; the present and the timeless. In their materials, textures, scales, and forms, these buildings resist the passage of time and assert themselves as timeless constructions.

JAC House / Visioarq Arquitectos

Susanna Moreira — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000

The rehabilitation of this villa calls for various dimensions of dreams, both in the enjoyment of the interior and in the contemplation of the panoramic horizon.

Tropical Greenhouses of University of Coimbra's Botanical Garden / João Mendes Ribeiro

Susanna Moreira — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000

The Tropical Greenhouses and the new on-site Science Corner are located in the high town of Alta de Coimbra. They belong to the University’s Botanical Garden built in 1772 by the Marquis de Pombal. The Tropical Greenhouses, completed in 1859, are one of the first examples of iron architecture in Portugal, their reference being the Kew Gardens greenhouses in England. The intervention in the greenhouses involved restoring and recuperating the existing structures and implementing suitable technical solutions for the growth of the plants and for the use of the space, namely for receiving visits. These conditions implied new shading and ventilation means, to guarantee the appropriate hygrometric and moisture levels and access to and within the building.

CP Apartment / José Tiago Rosa + Nuno Miguel Tavares. Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000

In a relatively recent apartment, we realized that the ungenerous areas of the various spaces were wasted in circulation. Thus, the main objective of this project resulted in the search for natural light and the integration of office space in the main circulation axis.

Casa de Hóspedes / Arriba

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 22 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000

The estate is located in the west of Coimbra, on a hillside of dense vegetation with large trees. The main house, built in the 90's, faces south, in a set of fragmented volumes with sloped roofs.

AA8 Small House / Branco-DelRio Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000

The small houses that make up the Norton de Matos Neighbourhood (1947-1949), have a flexible and incremental nature. The original houses already invited to expand in the future, due to the small size of the interior and the generosity of outside space, as well as by its constructive nature: supporting stone walls and wooden slabs and roof: easy to modify, flexible systems.

Building of the Old Ceramic Society of Coimbra / Luisa Bebiano Arquitectura + Atelier do Corvo

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The building of Coimbra's Old Ceramics is located on the protection limit of the classification of the Rua da Sofia and Alta in the city of Coimbra (Portugal), included in the classified list of World Cultural Heritage sites of Unesco. Located in the lower part of the city, in a medieval yard that has mutated over time, the site is in an old alluvium zone, an area affected by regular floods. The surrounding territory was, until the mid-XX century, due to the geological and moisture characteristics, suitable for the manufacture of clay, the raw material of handmade ceramics. This area of the city does not have strong winds nor any specific climatic condition of the region. Temperatures can range from 40°C to 15°C in the summer and 18°C to 0°C in winter.

Loureiro 59 / José Pedro Lima

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Preservation and rehabilitation are the driving force of this scheme located in Coimbra’s UNESCO historic district near to São Salvador’s Church. A series of small but delicate interventions transform existing structure through careful design, material selection and modern building techniques.

Hotel in Coimbra / depA

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:00:00 +0000

The three pre-existing buildings around a mediterranean courtyard are located Coimbra, in the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Protection Zone.

Headquarters and Logistic Centre of the Plural Pharmacy Cooperative / ORANGE arquitectura

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

The former Topázio’s Factory site results from the relocation of the previous Emídio Navarro Avenue unit, in the Coimbra city center, to Pedrulha’s Industrial Area in the late 1950’s.

Apartment on Aveiro Street / Branco-delRio Arquitectos

Florencia Mena — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000

3 PIECES OF FURNITURE CREATE A HOME

‘Redondo’ Building / Branco-DelRio Arquitectos

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 03:00:00 +0000

The "Redondo" is the last of a row of four buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century in the center of Coimbra. Its cylindrical shape responds to the oblique cross between two streets, and gives the building a certain singularity and its name. The original organization in two independent houses: an apartment on the ground floor and a house with two floors and garret on the upper level, was maintained.

Hall of Residence for Students - Coimbra University / Paula Santos Arquitectura

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +0000

two issues: the topographical gradient and the use to which the module is to be put, that is, bedrooms measuring 2.55m x 5.80m. This module comprises living areas, sets of 6, 8 or 12 associated rooms. This being the main feature of the programme, these modules defined the compositional regulation of the entire building. Every other feature was conditioned to this exhaustive repetition.

Trinity College Renovation / Aires Mateus

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:00:00 +0000

The project starts with the consideration of heritage and historical values. We differentiate between the "eternal" value of the project´s masses: the compression of the great walls and domes, and the "ephemeral" character of the old structures: constructive systems traditionally made of wood.

House in Preguiçosas / Branco-DelRio Arquitectos

Florencia Mena — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The house is located in the outskirts of Coimbra, an area of single family homes in consolidation process. The plot currently enjoys a pleasant view and is a bit isolated, features that will disappear when adjacent buildings rise. Thus the house, elevated as required by the rules, is enclosed seeking one single opening with a porch to the south garden.

Robalo Cordeiro House / João Mendes Ribeiro

Florencia Mena — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The Robalo Cordeiro House, a single family house in Rua António José de Almeida, in Coimbra, is a two storey building (with attic and basement) that was, prior to the rehabilitation, deeply uncharacterized and in an advanced state of decay. The refurbishment and expansion project started therefore by the total demolition of the interior, recovering the facades and keeping the original external coatings. Except for the roof – where two new copper mansards were inserted next to a preexistent mansard – the main facade remained almost unaltered. The back facade suffered significant changes with the insertion of three new volumes: a concrete volume that extends the living room over the patio, a corten steel volume at the first floor level and a third volume in Ipê wood in the top floor. In all three volumes a formal and material language, clearly differentiated from the preexistence, was sought after, underlining the intervention gesture.

Casa da Escrita / João Mendes Ribeiro

Florencia Mena — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The project for the Refurbishment of Casa da Escrita consists of the remodelling of the Casa do Arco, the former residence of poet João Cochofel, to house spaces and events related to writing – an open archive, writing workshops and temporary residences for writers supporting a broad set of activities and interactions between literary writing and other artistic creations.

PROJECTO DE REMODELAÇÃO E AMPLIAÇÃO DO MUSEU NACIONAL DE MACHADO DE CASTRO / Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:00:46 +0000

The museum, located at Alta of Coimbra, is a place of intense sedimentation and historical superimposition over two millennia where lies the Roman Forum Aemininum, the Romanesque church of S. João de Almedina, the gallery of Terzi.