A ribbon, a circle, a fold, in concrete. Loop by FAHR0213
11/01/2019.
[Porto] Portugal
metalocus, LUIS ANDRES DE JUANES
metalocus, LUIS ANDRES DE JUANES
The architecture firm FAHR was commissioned to make a piece commemorating the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Science and Technology Park of the University of Oporto (UPTEC). A structure for the garden in front of the central building that symbolized this mark in time and made it last in the future as a symbol of the park.
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Loop by FAHR0213. Photograph by João Morgado
Ground floor plan. Loop by FAHR0213.
Elevations. Loop by FAHR0213.
Elevations. Loop by FAHR0213.
Construction progress. Loop by FAHR0213.
A ribbon, a circle, a fold, in concrete, a tenth anniversary and its future.
Description of project by FAHR 021.3
For the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto, (UPTEC), FAHR was challenged to develop a structure for the garden in front of the central building that symbolized this mark in time and made it last in the future as a symbol of the park.
We started by looking for a silhouette capable of being a center in Asprela, mainly characterized for being a pole of great concentration of health and educational facilities, that generates a daily flow of people without many reasons for permanence by the absence of points of interest in the public space.
In the combination of a concrete circle bench with an organic texture, LOOP assumes the idea that repetition is never equal, the same round will never be the same. With each circle that closes new textures are generated, bringing their own identity. The meeting in the garden allows the conversation, democratizes the themes, leaving without limits the participation of those who pass by.
In the studio we wanted to believe that we were developing a new locus, a reference in the public space that allows any type of appropriation.
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Authors
FAHR 021.3
Team
Filipa Frois Almeida, Hugo Reis, Sérgio Marafona, Catarina Azevedo
Client
UPTEC
Builder
Fernando Moreira da Silva & Filhos, OpoLab
Dates
2018
FAHR 021.3
FAHR 021.3® was founded by Filipa Frois Almeida and Hugo Reis in 2012 in Porto. FAHR 021.3 is an internationally awarded creative and experimental studio, which (un)focuses its work between Art and Architecture. Deriving from the German word Erfahrung (experience), FAHR 021.3 stands up as a lab studio developing conceptual strategies on the brink of unexpected, contradiction, and decontextualisation. The restlessness and the constant desire to seek new solutions, give rise to a variety of performances differing on manifesto, temporary, scale and materials. Exploring the boundaries between disciplines, FAHR develops architectural interventions at different scales with new imaginative purposes.
