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Architects: Heim Balp Architekten, Pablo Pita Arquitectos
- Area: 2750 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: BRUMA, Efapel, Gercima, Iguzzinni, JNF, Rodi, Sosoares
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Lead Architects: Pablo Pita Architects + Heim Balp Architekten
Text description provided by the architects. In the center of Porto, an abandoned dwelling structure from the early 19th century in a former working-class neighborhood has been rehabilitated into a flourishing microcosm. The project constitutes the intervention in Bairro do Silva, a dwelling structure from the early 19th century, settled inside a city block in Porto. A former working-class neighborhood is typical in the city, also known as "Ilha". The structure was left abandoned in the last decades, but with a strong, bucolic, and romantic identity. It had already a very pronounced spatial richness that came from its complex system – different accesses, alleys, heights, hierarchies, and small-scale housing models.
