Arouca has been welcoming
tourists since October and is a tribute to the traditional granaries. We are at
Quintãs - Farm Houses, by the architect António Júlio Caseiro, who learned a
few days ago that he won the award for best energy efficiency solution at the
2018 National Urban Rehabilitation Awards.
The project, which dates back to
2014 and was completed in August last year, consists of three T1 housing units,
organized in two independent volumes, two gigantic granaries, harmoniously
integrated into the surrounding countryside. With "references to the
ancestral memory and typical of an agrarian set", the work tells the
architect to the source P3, was inspired by the shapes of the floor, the
canastro and the haystack, using wood, tile and stone, all reused of the
previous construction. António Júlio Caseiro also sought "good exposure
and solar orientation, a landscape enjoyment and a good quality of
construction."
Providing safety, comfort and
well-being to its users was the main objective of rehabilitation, visible
characteristics in insulation details, choice of coating and finishing
materials, carpentry work and detailing in the installation of infrastructures
networks. The prize is explained by the use of energetically passive
constructive solutions, namely "panels with thermal insulation, thermal
blocks, air boxes, thermal blankets, waterproofing sheets, high quality double
glazing, thermal profiles and wood slatting" .
Energy efficiency, landscape,
centrality and fusion with the rural environment are for the architect the
capital gains of Quintãs - Farm Houses. "It is a proposal that is
integrated in the middle, is a proposal that is very close to the center, two
minutes walk, is practically next to the Monastery and the Convent of Arouca,
so it could not be a work that was aberrant or that it was aggressive,
"says the creator, who would not mind living on the estate. Still, imagine
it to be inhabited by couples or nature lovers, who appreciate the rural
environment. At the moment, the houses are intended for local accommodation
and, according to the architect, the owner intends to broaden the concept.
The Republic 37, in Lisbon, was
the big winner in the sixth edition of the awards, promoted by Vida Imobiliária
and Promevi to distinguish the best requalification and renewal interventions
in Portugal. The project of the architect Frederico Valsassina won in the
categories residential, work in the city of Lisbon and structural rehabilitation.
Also in Lisbon are Sede Abreu Advogados, winner in the commercial and services
category, Verride Palácio Santa Catarina, considered the best in tourism, and
Quinta Alegre, which received the distinction for the restoration. The Maria
Barroso Basic School in Lisbon and the Real Winery in Matosinhos shared the
social impact premium. Already in the city of Porto was awarded the building of
the Night Hostels of Porto. Finally, the intervention award of less than one
thousand square meters was collected by Quinta do Catapeixe, located in the
parish of Bem Viver, in Marco de Canaveses.
Source: Público.pt| See the original article here.
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