Collaboration_ André Gonçalves

Collective housing in an urban context that aims the creation of a housing project in a terrain located in Belém, at the intersection of Rua Bartolomeu Dias and Rua Martins Barata. This land transitions from a mostly residential area to the entire Belém Cultural Center, Navy Museum, Jerónimos Monastery and other points of interest in the city with more movement and diversity of programs. In this way, it is intended not only to create a residential building as requested by the program but also an area of ​​public space and commerce at the ground floor level. Since the two streets that bordered the ground had an height difference of about 4 meters, we saw an opportunity to create a podium, cut by an elliptical form, creating a square that promotes the conviviality among the inhabitants and an area of ​​commerce where you can access the low level. The link to the highest street of the square is made through a ramp following the shape of the ellipse that generates the square. Two access nuclei link the underground parking area to the plaza square and the residential building that also follows the shape of the square ellipse and support the building that is elevated, acquiring a lighter presence in the territory.

Collaboration_ André Gonçalves

Collective housing in an urban context that aims the creation of a housing project in a terrain located in Belém, at the intersection of Rua Bartolomeu Dias and Rua Martins Barata. This land transitions from a mostly residential area to the entire Belém Cultural Center, Navy Museum, Jerónimos Monastery and other points of interest in the city with more movement and diversity of programs. In this way, it is intended not only to create a residential building as requested by the program but also an area of ​​public space and commerce at the ground floor level. Since the two streets that bordered the ground had an height difference of about 4 meters, we saw an opportunity to create a podium, cut by an elliptical form, creating a square that promotes the conviviality among the inhabitants and an area of ​​commerce where you can access the low level. The link to the highest street of the square is made through a ramp following the shape of the ellipse that generates the square. Two access nuclei link the underground parking area to the plaza square and the residential building that also follows the shape of the square ellipse and support the building that is elevated, acquiring a lighter presence in the territory.

Collaboration_ André Gonçalves

Collective housing in an urban context that aims the creation of a housing project in a terrain located in Belém, at the intersection of Rua Bartolomeu Dias and Rua Martins Barata. This land transitions from a mostly residential area to the entire Belém Cultural Center, Navy Museum, Jerónimos Monastery and other points of interest in the city with more movement and diversity of programs. In this way, it is intended not only to create a residential building as requested by the program but also an area of ​​public space and commerce at the ground floor level. Since the two streets that bordered the ground had an height difference of about 4 meters, we saw an opportunity to create a podium, cut by an elliptical form, creating a square that promotes the conviviality among the inhabitants and an area of ​​commerce where you can access the low level. The link to the highest street of the square is made through a ramp following the shape of the ellipse that generates the square. Two access nuclei link the underground parking area to the plaza square and the residential building that also follows the shape of the square ellipse and support the building that is elevated, acquiring a lighter presence in the territory.