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Tower 15 & 1 in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal by OODA Architecture

Project name:
Tower 15 & 1
Architecture firm:
OODA Architecture
Location:
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Height:
62 meters
Photography:
OODA Architecture
Visualization:
Fusão
Tools used:
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Physical models, Hand drawing
Principal architect:
Design team:
Julião Pinto Leite, João Styliano, André Cardoso, Vânia Costa, Catarina Fernandes, Laura Leão, Marinos Skouras, Caio Guarana
Collaborators:
A400, Duarte Soeiro
Interior design:
OODA Architecture
Design year:
2019
Completion year:
2022
Built area:
17500 m²
Site area:
3255 m²
Landscape:
Duarte Soeiro
Structural engineer:
A400
Environmental & MEP:
A400
Construction:
Construtora San José
Client:
Nexity
Status:
Under Construction
Typology:
Residential › Apartments

OODA Architecture: Humanization with diversity and unity

Located in Leça da Palmeira and attentive to the dialogue with the organic fabrics that remain from an inherited rurality, further assimilated by the city, ‘Tower 15 & 1’ is a combined urban and landscaping operation with public spaces taking over the ground floor for use as retail and leisure for residents and visitors alike. Within the tower there are apartments with one to three bedrooms and four duplex penthouses, combining unity and formal diversity.

The combination and vertical composition are dynamic and create gradations in the regulatory and structuring grid - a unique structure marked by ostentatious orthogonality and virtuous compositional three-dimensionality. The idea of ​​repetition and ascension is exacerbated to the limit. The formal and material relief results from the overlapping of several layers, dynamically alternated and grouped. The simplicity of the structural grid frees the corners for living rooms and balconies. Using a gradient approach, from the smallest to the biggest apartment, the typologies are mixed, promoting dynamic and variety in the facade. The vertical and horizontal breaks in the edges of the volume create different and unlimited perspectives over Matosinhos.

Inspired by the repetition observed in the stacked containers at Porto de Leixões, the facade consists of 6 modular nodes, which allows to adapt the design to different uses. Besides the modular capacity of the facade, the design also enables green spaces to grow, lounge spaces and to allocate technical devices. The main facade in the background can be perceived through the cantilevered and counterfeit balconies. Although the facades are composed by the same elements, they are all different according to the sun exposure and views.


By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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