Information Centre of the Romanesque Route
A house inside a house: a massive volume placed into the existing space.
Paredes, Portugal · 2012
Typology
Public Building
Size
70m2
Location
Paredes
Status
Built
Project ID
12CIRP
Preserving the identity of the site.
Preserving the identity of the site
Preserving the identity of the site and the characteristics of the building in question gave us the motto for the intervention.
A house inside a house
The proposed space appears as a “house inside a house”: a massive volume placed into the existing space that reacts to the geometry of the initial shape.
A kind of square
The central area is subtracted from this volume, resulting in a kind of square, a gathering point separating the different functions of the space. The largest of the two volumes houses an informal auditorium, while the second contains an information desk with a storeroom and a toilet tucked behind.
A gathering point separating the different functions of the space.
Full Credits
Principal Architects
- Henrique Marques
- Rui Dinis
Architects
- Sérgio Rocha
- Rui Rodrigues
- Rui Miguel
Finance Director
- Carla Duarte
Engineering
- Simetria Vertical
Photography
- FG+SG®
Recognition
Awards
- Architizer A+ 2014
- The Great Indoors Award 2013
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