Jungle Lofts
Description
In this project, we were immediately faced with the challenge of working from the memory of the old industrial pavilions of the olive oil factory, present in the few traces that have survived to the present day (only the façades that have already been marked by successive alterations) and how to integrate them into a new idea of architecture, with a new use, in a new time.
And how do we harmonize the memory of that factory with the integration of an old residential building, of a completely different scale and nature, within a current regulatory framework that is extremely restrictive and clearly tends towards the standardization of architects’ responses?
On the other hand, how can we interpret the presence of a spacious patio at the back, delimited between the building and an imposing wall supporting the cliff over which the train line passes?
The answer is an architecture that clearly signals its contemporaneity, but where you can read the historical layers corresponding to the various times and types of construction, unified by color, materials and rhythms. At the back, an expressive and intense garden takes over the patio, “climbs” to the balconies of the various floors, up to the upper terrace, from where you can see Lisbon all around, with its mixed industrial, residential, semi-rural and maritime character, evident in the Tagus riverside area that can be seen from there.
Datasheet
Marvila, Lisboa, Portugal
6530 sqm
ARX Portugal, Arquitectos lda.
José Mateus
Nuno Mateus
w/ BOOST Studio
ARX: Eduardo Oliveira, Ricardo Guerreiro, Sónia Luz | BOOST: João Dantas, José Nunes, João Vale, Tanyara Tolentino, Maria Azevedo
Structure
Teixeira Trigo, Lda.
Special Instalations
Graucelsius, Lda.
Construction
FCM
Landscape Architecture
Baldios – Arquitectos Paisagistas
Photography
FERNANDO GUERRA | FG+SG
Fotografia De Arquitectura
