BLU / dEMM arquitectura
Rehabilitation of a Housing and Commerce building, built in the 19th century for the Insurance Company Ultramarina, transforming it into a Hotel.
© João Morgado Photography
Architects: dEMM arquitectura
Location: Porto, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Paulo Fernandes Silva
Area: 600.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: João Morgado Photography
Collaborators: Isabela Almeida Neves, Diana Fernandes Silva
Constructor : J. Camilo Project
© João Morgado Photography
Text description provided by the architects. Rehabilitation of a Housing and Commerce building, built in the 19th century for the Insurance Company Ultramarina, transforming it into a Hotel.Located in the historic area of Porto, classified as Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco.
© João Morgado Photography
The project had respect for all the heritage elements that define and characterize the building, and where when possible used and enhanced, such as the main façade and some interior wood work. It improved thermal, acoustic and accessibility comfort by introducing new window frames, new insulation and a new staircase that replaces the two previously existing ones, articulating the vertical communications in a single point in the center of the building and adding an elevator. It was not, however, inseparable from the adaptation to the new Hotel program, there was a complete overhaul o...
© João Morgado Photography
Architects: dEMM arquitectura
Location: Porto, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Paulo Fernandes Silva
Area: 600.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: João Morgado Photography
Collaborators: Isabela Almeida Neves, Diana Fernandes Silva
Constructor : J. Camilo Project
© João Morgado Photography
Text description provided by the architects. Rehabilitation of a Housing and Commerce building, built in the 19th century for the Insurance Company Ultramarina, transforming it into a Hotel.Located in the historic area of Porto, classified as Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco.
© João Morgado Photography
The project had respect for all the heritage elements that define and characterize the building, and where when possible used and enhanced, such as the main façade and some interior wood work. It improved thermal, acoustic and accessibility comfort by introducing new window frames, new insulation and a new staircase that replaces the two previously existing ones, articulating the vertical communications in a single point in the center of the building and adding an elevator. It was not, however, inseparable from the adaptation to the new Hotel program, there was a complete overhaul o...
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