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)
Paulo Moreira Architectures: The project consists of an apartment renovation in the Penha de França neighbourhood in Lisbon. The apartment was in reasonable condition, but the partitioned layout and outdated infrastructure demanded surgical intervention. The work consisted of ‘silent’ adaptations to the existing structure, supplemented by contempor...
Project name
Apartamento da Penha
Architecture firm
Paulo Moreira Architectures
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Moreira
Collaborators
Hermínio Santos, Nahed Nabhan, Elena Borghese, Laurane Coornaert, Francesca Cazzulani, Cynthia Iao
Environmental & MEP engineering
Construction
Espaços e Formas, Lda
Typology
Residential › Apartment
An old bourgeois building in Porto’s city centre has been converted into a five-bedroom house. The project has two key dimensions: a careful refurbishment of the existing structure using traditional materials and construction techniques, and the insertion of new wooden volumes to house the infrastructure and service areas.
Project name
Casa Cedofeita
Architecture firm
Paulo Moreira Architectures
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Moreira
Collaborators
Hermínio Santos, Elena Borghese, Flavia Micelli, Lauranne Coornaert, Carlos Gomes, Mario Martínez
Typology
Residential › House
