Two similar, fragmented volumes are aligned on their narrowest sides, creating a void that invites visitors into a square—a sanctuary for gathering, where people can disconnect from the city’s relentless pace. Located on Myslym Street in a central district of Tirana.
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Principal architect
Diogo Brito
Design team
João Jesus, Diogo Brito, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, Francisco Lencastre, Julião Pinto Leite, Luis Garcia, Joana Sousa
Collaborators
Landscape: P4; Engineering: LAIII
Visualization
Plomp, OODA
Typology
Mixed-Use Development (residential, commercial, hotel)
Portuguese architecture studio OODA announces the start of construction of Hora Vertikale Towers in Tirana, a city undergoing rapid transformation and already home to projects by renowned international architects such as MVRDV, Bjarke Ingels, 51N4E and Stefano Boeri.
Project name
Hora Vertikale Towers
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Collaborators
LA-III, P4, Artech
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Mixed-Use Development
With above-ground area of 55,000 sqm and a height of 140m, the first building phase has been granted construction permit and is scheduled to break ground next spring. Hora Vertikale is a new project in Tirana, featuring residential buildings arranged in a vertical settlement—’Hora,’ in ancient Albanian.
Project name
Hora Vertikale
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Principal architect
Diogo Brito
Collaborators
LAIII – Lopes Associates (engineering), P4 - Artes e Técnicas da Paisagem (landscape), Artech (local architects)
Status
Ongoing, Detail Design
Typology
Residential › Apartments
OODA is one of the seven studios invited to take part of the exhibition Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture, New York, organized by the Center for Architecture, AIA NY, with the support of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
Title
Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture
Category
Architecture, Interior design
Eligibility
Open to public
Register
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/exhibitions/generation-proxima-emerging-environmental-practices-in-portuguese-architecture/
Organizer
Center for Architecture, AIA NY, with the support of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Date
02/10/2023, 6pm - 8pm - 23.03.2024
Venue
AIA New York | Center for Architecture, USA
Destined for student accommodation, the Hoso tower is located in the largest university campus in the city of Porto. Integrated between orthogonal volumes, it fills an urban void created by the various discontinuities associated with the inner belt motorway in Porto.
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Guilherme Oliveira
Structural engineer
A3R, TEKK, Fluimep, Alfaengenharia
Typology
Residential › Housing, University Campus
OODA’s design for Klan TV was selected as the winning proposal for the new headquarters of the historic and iconic Albanian TV station.
Project name
Klan TV Headquarters
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Julião Pinto Leite
Status
Ongoing, International Competition, 1st Prize
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Located in Algarve, on the south coast of Portugal, the proposal takes its cues from the historical and contemporary heritage of the region. The result sees a cloister-like configuration that poetically interplays with the central courtyard, along with landscaped areas and terraces, thus obscuring the boundaries between nature and the built space....
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
Collaborators
Afaconsult, P4 - Artes e Técnicas da Paisagem
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Inserted in the qualified and consolidated structure of the Parque Residencial da Boavista of 1959 by the architects Agostinho Ricca, João Serôdio and José Carlos Magalhães Carneiro, the design requires the appropriation and formal abstraction of the single-family house existing in the plot.
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Hand Drawing
Principal architect
OODA Architecture
Collaborators
A3R, TEKK, Fluimep, Amplitude Acoustics
Typology
Residential › Housing
