Projecting windows "distort the facades" of Portuguese care home
Nuno Piedade Alexandre has completed a black extension to an elderly care centre in the Portuguese municipality of Ponte de Sor, which is covered with protruding windows.
Nuno Piedade Alexandre, a studio based in the nearby city of Santarém, created the building as additional accommodation for the Santa Casa da Misericórdia's Elderly Care Centre in the Portalegre district.
The extension is positioned in a prominent place when viewed from the adjacent street. It fills the maximum available space on the plot in order to optimise the internal floor area.
Each of the bedrooms features an opening that extends out from the facade. The glazing breaks up the black slatted surfaces and lends the building a dynamic, heterogeneous appearance.
"The volume dematerialises itself through the projection of the rooms outwards, distorting the main facade in the search for a special sculptural moment that can speak for itself and be kind of singular, in the way that every patient should be," said the architecture studio .
The accommodation is designed around the needs of its users, with a focus on the quality of light and interesting spaces created by the angular surfaces.
Ten twin rooms and four individual rooms have been added to the centre, each with their own private bathroom facilities.
The new addition occupies an area to the rear of the main building, and is arranged so that some of the existing circulation areas extend seamlessly between the two.
The rooms have a cei...
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