The Luanda Waterpoints project improved and adapted three water access points on the outskirts of the city. The project aims to show how small-scale interventions and low-cost solutions can have an impact on the quality of life of disadvantaged populations. The interventions favour local labour and encourage the reuse of materials. With this in min...
Project name
Chafarizes em Luanda (Luanda Waterpoints)
Architecture firm
Paulo Moreira Architectures
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Moreira
Collaborators
Development Workshop - Angola (Allan Cain, Adão Adriano, Leonardo Lumbongo, Otinebo António, Faustina Silva)
History and modernity meet in a unique place. This building was originally designed in the early 20th century by Architect Moura Coutinho to house a bakery on the ground floor and offices and residential units above. Several changes of use and changes to the design ensued towards the end of the millennium.
Project name
Villa Theatro
Architecture firm
Arquitectos Aliados, Lda
Location
Avenida da Liberdade, 729, Braga, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Susana Leite, Luis Barbosa e Silva
Interior design
Arquitectos Aliados, Lda (responsável: Susana Leite)
Structural engineer
Encep (estruturas), E3E (mecânicas), Speed of Light (electricidade / ited), Engª Luisa Miguel (hidráulicas) Amplitude (acústica), Exactusensu (seg. contra incêndio)
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
The proposal presents three isolated houses that favor the connection with the private exterior spaces, in an intention of privacy that allows to enjoy the outdoors comfortably.
Project name
Casas BD (BD Houses)
Architecture firm
ESQUISSOS - Arquitectura e Consultoria
Location
Sintra, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Marco Ligeiro
Structural engineer
André Pardal
Landscape
Team Garden, Unipessoal, Lda
Supervision
Eng. Alexandre Ferreira
Construction
Solmetrik, Lda; Structure Contractor: Pictocubo, Lda
Typology
Residential › House
The intervention area was a plot of approximately 1060 m² consisting of a building facing Rua de Adolfo Casais Monteiro and a structure extending into the interior of the plot with industrial characteristics
Project name
Condomínio da Artes
Architecture firm
MiMool Arquitectura & Interiores
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Fábio Milhazes, Rui Loureiro
Interior design
Joana Monteiro, Ana Ferreira
Landscape
MiMool Arquitectura & Interiores
Construction
A. Pimenta Construções LDA
Visualization
MiMool Arquitectura & Interiores
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Fragmentos: Located in downtown Lisbon in the DGPC's Urban Rehabilitation Area and Property Protection Zone, this multi-family housing building has been subject to various extensions and alterations over the years, depriving it of its original character and historical identity.
Project name
Victor Cordon
Architecture firm
Fragmentos
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Marcus Cerdeira, Pedro Silva Lopes, Rita Costa Especialidades, GLFV, JSJ
Supervision
TAN investments
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Multi-Family Housing Building
The proposal for the rehabilitation of this building aims to reclaim its essence, focusing on the comprehensive recovery and maintenance of the main facade
Project name
Villa Chiado
Architecture firm
Pedro Carrilho Arquitectos
Location
Calçada do Combro, 35 – Lisbon, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Pedro Carrilho
Collaborators
Equipa Pedro Carrilho Arquitectos
Structural engineer
ACRIBIA
Supervision
Afonso Pessanha Castro, Jorge Mendes
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Designed for a couple with two children, the house is distributed over three floors and is set on a rectangular plot with good sun exposure and privileged views of Santa Maria da Feira Castle.
Architecture firm
Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa
Location
Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
José António Lopes da Costa, Tiago Meireles
Collaborators
Sérgio Almeida, IRG, Inspeções Técnicas, S.A. (Thermal Engineering)
Structural engineer
Strumep - Engenharia
Lighting
Projedomus – Projectos e Instalações Eléctricas Inteligentes, Lda
Construction
A Construtora de Loureiro, Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
The house wants to model its own place on the outskirts of Romeira, in Santarém. It builds the existential, humanized and concrete place, because it is inhabited, structured with meaning and purpose.
Project name
Casa Na Romeira (House in Romeira)
Architecture firm
dp arquitectos
Location
Romeira, Santarém, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Diamantino Maia Pinho
Structural engineer
Pitta Soares & Partners
Construction
Construções Saldanha Alves, Lda
Typology
Residential › House
