Porto: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Alexandre Loureiro Architecture Studio

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Architects

  Alexandre Loureiro

• Area

  3422.92 ft2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Alexander Bogorodskiy

This phrase caught my eye during Diébédo Francis Kéré's speech at the AAICO (Architecture and Art International Congress), which took place in Porto, Portugal from September 3 to 8. After being introduced by none other than Eduardo Souto de Moura, Kéré began his speech with the simplicity and humility that guides his work. His best-known works were built in remote places, where materials are scarce and the workforce is of the residents themselves, using local resources and techniques.

Eduardo Souto de Moura (born 25 July 1952), the Portuguese architect that won the 2011 Pritzker Prize, is known for designs that are formally simple yet serious and at times, dramatic, created through his thoughtful use of colors and materials. His architecture is both versatile and consistent, contextual yet universal, and rarely affected by current trends or styles.

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Kengo Kuma and Associates, in collaboration with OODA, have won a competition for the redevelopment of an old industrial slaughterhouse in Porto. The competition was launched in 2017 to transform the building, now abandoned for 20 years, into an anchor for social interaction, while maintaining the memory of the early 20th-century building.

The scheme seeks to reconnect the previously important structure with the city center, through interventions such as a bridge linking the site with a nearby metro station. Meanwhile, a vernacular roof stretching across the entire site unites old and new, under which sits a museum, library, performance space, art archive, and creative laboratory. 

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• Architects

  fala

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Renovation

• Team

  Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Rute Peixoto, Lera Samovich, Paulo Sousa

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Ricardo Loureiro

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• Architects

  Alessandro Pepe Arquitecto

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Area

  360.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Attilio Fiumarella

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• Architects

  Paulo Freitas e Maria João Marques Arquitectos

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Refurbishment

• Lead Architects

  Paulo Freitas, Maria João Marques

• Collaboration

  Andreia Pereira

• Area

  197.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

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• Architects

  Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs, Diogo Aguiar Studio

• Location

  R. de Cimo de Vila 68, 4000-169 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Interiors Architecture

• Design Team

  Diogo Aguiar, Andreia Garcia, Inés Brotons, Daniel Mudrák

• Area

  76.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

To avoid hyperrealistic renderings we have witnessed the emergence of other options for architectural representation which seduce the viewer, not for their overwhelming resemblance to reality but rather the opposite, its resemblance to everyday life's textures presented through unpretentious drawings inspired by collage, watercolor, and painting. Digital collage and other similar representation tools have gained more popularity when discussing how architecture can be communicated.

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• Architects

  Diogo Aguiar Studio

• Location

  Museu Serralves, R. Dom João de Castro 210, 4150-417 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Small Scale

• Architect in Charge

  Diogo Aguiar Studio

• Area

  75.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Francisco Nogueira, Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

• Architect

  Diogo Aguiar Studio

• Location

  Largo dos Lóios, 4000 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Small Scale

• Team

  Diogo Aguiar, Daniel Mudrák, Sergio González, Rafael Morais

• Client

  Porto Lazer

• Engineering

  PENREA – Rui Nuno Salgueiro

• Construction

  RDC

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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• Architects

  dEMM arquitectura

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Renovation

• Architect in Charge

  Paulo Fernandes Silva

• Area

  600.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  João Morgado Photography

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• Architects

  Inception Architects Studio

• Location

  Av. de Camilo, 4300 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Architect in Charge

  Pedro Carvalho

• Team

  Pedro Carvalho, Carlos Ferreira, Diana Gala

• Area

  5800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

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• Architects

  FAHR 021.3

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Pavillion

• Author Architects

  Hugo Reis, Filipa Frois Almeida, Catarina Azevedo, Sérgio Marafona

• Area

  25.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  José Campos

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• Architects

  Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Lead Architects

  Pedro Vasco Ferreira

• Area

  206.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  João Morgado

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• Architects

  ATKA arquitectos

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Authors

  Patrícia Moreno, Diogo Paradinha

• Area

  187.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017