Tanatório Agramonte . Porto

courtesy of Tiago Sá . André Vergueiro . Carolina Castro

This competition was a 48hours architecture marathon, where we were supposed to design a mortuary home.
The shape raises from the ground to define the street in an attempt to control the permeability to the introspective forest-like area that links with the existing graveyard space annex.
Thus a new block is given to the city with a space for reflection not exposed directly to the public.
Fundamental to the design of this dome was the creation of an internal logic path for funeral ritual.
The course is divided into two approaches, first a moment of mourning and introspection. Here there is a way into the main chapel, that distributes to the three ceremony chapels.
The building becomes the hinge between this dark moment and the next "breathing" moment, appears connected with the garden and the program of a social character.

Guindais cinematheque . Oporto

courtesy of Tiago Sá . André Vergueiro . Tiago Henriques

This competition was a 48hours architecture marathon where we were supposed to design a cinematheque in the Douro’s river margin.Regarding the historical character of the interventionThis competition was a 48hours architecture marathon where we were supposed to design a cinematheque in the Douro’s river margin.Regarding the historical character of the intervention area, the first idea that emerged was to absorpt some of the inherent logic of the surrounding environment, in order to ensure cohesion of the project in the provided plot.