GalleryLuanda Houses — Angola
Luanda Houses — Angola
Housing and Urbanism, Other Projects
The approach to these two projects, similar yet featuring different programmes, had to be adjusted to previously established constraints and premises. The first house, partially developed into two storeys, wraps around a small garden which acts as an outdoor living area and articulates the surrounding interior spaces. In the second house, our premise was to develop a single storey house that made the most […]
GalleryFamily Houses, Aroeira — Portugal
Family Houses, Aroeira — Portugal
Housing and Urbanism
The project for these one family houses in Aroeira was a result of the client’s request to promote houses of clear contemporary character that stood out from the architecturally poor urban surroundings. Conditioned by several urban constraints and regulations, we maximised the available space, adding and subtracting volumes, creating separate areas and differentiated spaces in the projected floors.
As in big scale projects, A1V2 commits its […]
GalleryZ House — Angola
Z House — Angola
Housing and Urbanism
To maximise the construction area, this house was shaped as a parallelepiped to which the necessary elements to the definition of the floors were subtracted. This resulted in a Z shape that wraps around the residence, creating a defining image. Colour played an important part in the composition of the volume; the Z shape is further contrasted from the rest of the outer surface […]
GalleryContemporary Art Center, Tavira — Portugal
Contemporary Art Center, Tavira — Portugal
Others
The proposed museum is organised around an interior courtyard which allows the use of natural light to illuminate the space and the pieces exhibited. Our solution was developed as a single-storey building set on the same level as the loading area, which allows for the entire area of study and future archaeological investigation to remain obstacle-free.
In this request for tenders, A1V2 set itself apart […]
GalleryParish Church of Canala — Angola
Parish Church of Canala — Angola
Others
Shaped like a Latin cross, the Religious Temple featured a predominantly south- north orientation. The main entrance was to the south and the access to the mortuary chapel and administrative area was located to the east. The plan was not to recreate the traditional type of architecture, but an architecture that showcased typically regional elements and materials (such as clay) and a proposal that […]
GalleryWater supply system for the villages of Vestiaria, Bárrio and Cela — Portugal
Water supply system for the villages of Vestiaria, Bárrio and Cela — Portugal
Infrastructures
The project consists of a pre-existing lift station, main pressurised water supply system, reservoirs and a gravity feeder pipe between the reservoirs. The aim of this facility is to direct the municipal water supply from the Castelo lift station to Cela Nova, where a municipal reservoir will distribute water to the towns mentioned.
The system will serve 10.200 inhabitants; the feeder pipes are 7.490 m […]
GalleryRemodeling of the water supply system of Pataias — Portugal
Remodeling of the water supply system of Pataias — Portugal
Infrastructures, Other Projects
The project aimed to remodel the water supply system of Pataias, starting at the Paredes lift station and up to the reservoirs of Lagoa (to be expanded) and Piscina (to be built). The following works were planned: remodelling of the Paredes lift station, replacement of the pre-existing feeder eduction pipe to Lagoa and Pataias, expansion of the Lagoa reservoir with the construction of a […]
GallerySewerage system from Carris to Carvalhal de Turquel — Portugal
Sewerage system from Carris to Carvalhal de Turquel — Portugal
Infrastructures, Other Projects
This study is intended not only to provide a domestic residual water supply system to the population, but also to significantly promote the depollution of the Alcôa river. Depollution of this river is vital since most of the water collection for county consumption is located at the its spring. The system was divided into three parts: System 1 includes the villages of Carris, Baldio […]
GalleryCar Park Building El Harrach — Argelia
Car Park Building El Harrach — Argelia
Housing and Urbanism
This project incorporated and reinterpreted motifs from local culture to give contemporary aesthetics deeply rooted in the location to a merely functional building. Thus, the front contains a typical mashrabiya latticework, an Arabic design to control the lighting of the spaces, enclose and protect them from excessive heat, allowing a clear view of the outside from within. Other than its main function as a […]
GalleryQuinta do Perú School — Portugal
Quinta do Perú School — Portugal
Education, Other Projects
This school complex with a capacity for 1.260 students was designed to meet all requirements for integrated functioning and with the intent to allow its opening to the community at large in periods outside the academic calendar. The formal design was a result of the layout of the several volumes and of the articulation of the functional sectors through a route designated as the […]