We propose a building with a unique image for the campus. A building that breaks the existing gray monotony ? referring not only about the pictorial issue of the Campus, but also about the ?global crisis without end? ? and that, at the same time, is able to captivate.

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Architects: Cláudio Vilarinho

Location: Azurém, Portugal

Area: 2200.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: João Morgado

Collaborators: Carine Pimenta, Catarina Campos, João Pereira de Sousa, Pedro Resende

Render: Gil Soares

Engineering: Isabel Teles (structure), João Cunha (waters), António Pelaez (termic/energy), Susana Sousa (acoustic), Fernando Ferreira (electricity), Carlos Mirra (security plan)
Specifications, Measurements And Budgets : DIMSCALE

Client: Minho University

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From the architect. We propose a building with a unique image for the campus. A building that breaks the existing gray monotony ? referring not only about the pictorial issue of the Campus, but also about the ?global crisis without end? ? and that, at the same time, is able to captivate.

© João Morgado

The search for future technology themes, was the genesis of the selected image for the building. The facade skin, happened through an architectural reinterp...