© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Pubblicata il 20 Aprile 2010.

Situated in full heart of the Oporto’s down town, the Pátio Luso – Urban Rehabilitation Project, is composed by two built bodies, for multifamiliar housing, commerce and services, with a sight for the Carlos Alberto Square.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Pubblicata il 20 Aprile 2010.

Having as a goal the rehabilitation and recovery of this set of housing buildings, the solution proposed looked for keeping the historical and patrimonial component, making it compatible with attractive solutions for the young population, meeting the necessity to populate the zone, among the concerns of memory preservation with the current time necessities.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Pubblicata il 20 Aprile 2010.

The building composed by 23 dwellings, is distinguished for the presence of an interior yard, a rectangular elongated space, assumed as a pleasant meeting point of the residents, with pedestrian access to the houses by stairs with ample and soft steps and a nucleus of vertical communications of light and transparent drawing, non-intrusive, binding all the floors.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Pubblicata il 20 Aprile 2010.

In the interior of the apartments, it was tried to create open and fluid spaces, sectioned at the least essential, where the living rooms directed toward the interior yard, seem to function as a center point of the building, for all the inhabitants, harnessing the civilized mutual interrelation and familiarity.