포루투칼 리스본으로부터 북측에 위치한 역사적인 도시, Óbidos에 거대한 스퀘어(긴 선형 볼륨이 클러스터 된)빌딩이 주변 자연환경과의 조화 속에 수평의 장대한 스퀀스를 생성한다. 이는 테크놀로지 파크 내 비즈니스 인큐베이터를 위한 스타트업 공간창출을 목표로 한다.
여기에 지역문화활동을 보장하는 유연한 공용공간이 함께한다.(주변건물과의 유연한 관계성과 용이한 접근이 가능한)
건축물은 먼저 지면으로 반정도가 묻힌 단층건물로 대지에 자리한다.미팅룸, 패브랩 워크삽, 레스토랑, 삽, 테크니컬 스페이스이 프로그램된다. 그리고 인접한 언덕과의 조우를 꾀하는 거대한 외부중정이 함께 한다.
지면에 묻혀진 볼륨 위에 자리한 메인 스퀘어 볼륨은 전체 건물의 디자인을 캐릭터화하며 또다른 클러스터 스페이스를 생성한다. 오피스와 몇개의 실험실이 추가된다. 장중한 건물의 외형은 특히 지면에 6개의 지점만으로 지지되는 구조로 특화되며 언덕의 끝자락과 발란스를 이루는 시퀀스를 생성한다. 외부 마감은 두가지로 구분된다. 중정에 면한, 복도가 자리한 내측은 구조 트러스와 대형전창으로 내외부의 적극적인 호흡을 함께하며 반투명 화이트 메쉬 멤브레인으로 마감된 외부와의 상반된 디자인 연출을, 저층부 노출콘크리트 및 내후성강판과의 대조를 이루며 비쥬얼적인 관계생성을 완성한다.
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This square building with a hollow centre appears to balance over a cluster of hills, creating offices and a central plaza for a business incubator unit in a rural Portuguese technology park.
Located close to the historic town of Óbidos in a rural region north of Lisbon, the facility for the Óbidos Technological Park was designed by Carcavelos-based architect Jorge Mealha to accommodate creative startup businesses.
It was designed in response to a competition brief that requested a central piazza providing a communal space for the centre's inhabitants.
Photography is by João Morgado.
Architect: Arch. Jorge Mealha
Project team: Andreia Baptista (Coordinator), Carlos Paulo, Diogo Oliveira Rosa, Filipa Ferreira da Silva, Filipa Collot, Gonçalo Freitas Silva, Inês Novais.
Structural engineering: José Ferraz & Associados – Serviços de Engenharias e Consultoria, Lda (Built Project), Eng. José Gomes Ferraz, Eng. Lívio Oliveira, Eng. Bruno Santos;
Electrical: Eng. António Ferreira, Eng. Pedro Ramos
Climatisation: Eng. Luís Graça
Fire consulting: Segurinis, Eng. Jorge Miranda (Built Project); Eng. Joaquim Viseu (Base Project)
Hydraulic: S.E. Serviços de Engenharia
Acoustic: S.E. Serviços de Engenharia
Thermal and solar: S.E. Serviços de Engenharia
Landscape architect: Arch. Mafalda Lavrador
Construction company: MRG Engenharia e Construção
Client: Parque Tecnológico de Óbidos
The architect based his solution on informal public squares known as terreiros – a typical feature in many Portuguese towns.
"The design decision focused in the aim of creating a large public space with an easy and flexible relation with the few buildings nearby," he explained, "but mainly as a complement of the surrounding natural landscape."
The paved public space abuts a turf-covered hill and is interrupted by openings. These were intended to further the impression that the topography was "the result of an erosion process".
At first glance the facility appears to be a single-storey block with other sections submerged beneath the ground – helping it fit in with the low-rise farm buildings nearby. In fact, there are more rooms contained beneath the lawns.
"The design tried to draw a building that would appear in the landscape mainly as a thin horizontal line, as a subtle long and continuous wall," said Mealha, whose past projects include a house made up of rectangular volumes and courtyards.
Another reference for the central courtyard came from the cloisters typical in public squares. They prompted the architect to add glass-fronted rooms along two sides of the piazza to encourage interaction between the various startups.
The former supply site for the construction of the nearby motorway provided the plot, which was excavated further to create space for the piazza.
Earth removed during the excavations was used to create an artificial hill at one corner, accommodating facilities that include a meeting room, a Fablab workshop, a restaurant, shops and technical spaces.
Above the partially submerged ground floor, the main square block creates another cloister-like space containing the majority of the companies' offices and some additional laboratories.
The first-floor space is supported in just six places and appears to balance on the edge of the hill. Its interior surface is fronted by structural trusses and glazing that wraps around an internal corridor providing access to the offices.
A translucent white mesh membrane covers the exterior walls, while exposed sections of the ground floor are finished with raw concrete or weathered steel to enhance their visual relationship with the earth.
Interiors in the building's subterranean sections feature exposed concrete and black-painted timber surfaces applied to the reception desk, false ceilings and staircases. Panels of oriented strand board with relief patterns provide a warm textural complement to the otherwise rugged material palette.
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