Cultural House of Pinhel by depA
27/03/2015.
[Pinhel] Portugal
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
Rehabilitation carried out by depA of Palacio del Viejo Obispo in Pihnel's city, a building of eighteen century, in which stands out the sensibility which the study faces this type of interventions.
Surrounding image. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Access. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Courtyard and intervention. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
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Stairs. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Corner detail. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Corner detail. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Detail of the scars of the building. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Inside vision. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Table. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Exhibition view. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Inside vision. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Casa Cultural de Pinhel por depA. Fotografía © José Campos.
Inside vision. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Meeting room. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Inside image. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
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Facade at nightfall. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Courtyard image. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Photograph © José Campos.
Plan of project. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Click above to see larger.
Section. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Click above to see larger.
Axonometric view of a detail. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Click above to see larger.
1887 plan and 1994 plan. Cultural House of Pinhel by depA. Click above to see larger.
The study depA has been the manager of rehabilitating Palacio del Viejo Obispo in Pihnel's city, a building that suffered countless changes in the last decades, in which the study has tried to return to the building the original matrix, the have served for it of immaculate white interiors and a small glass intervention courtyard building.
Description of the project by depA
The creation of Pinhel's Cultural House allowed the rehabilitation of the city's old Bishop's Palace, a building of the eighteenth century, that had undergone countless changes during the last decades to accommodate several different programs, such as Military and Police Headquarters, School and Student Residence. The project proposal reinterprets the evolutionary history of the building and attempts to constitute another important step in its long history. Without any prejudice or fear, the proposal balances between the assurance of permanence of the original matrix of the building and the injection of a new dignity in its disfigured and misfited interior layouts.
Thus, and still considering the need for a low budget intervention and a short period for the construction work, the project contained two phases: the first - named subtraction - extracted all superfluous elements, leaving only those which were useful to the spaces were intended to create. Simultaneously, all scars and textures of the subtraction were left untouchable. Exploring and highlighting the idea of palimpsest that represents the interior of the building itself, those textural surfaces were unified through color, thus ensuring dignity and comfort to accommodate the new programmatic features. With this "cleansing", a second intervention phase started – named addition - where new materials were introduced and finishings were executed, restoring the original nobility of the building.
Text.- depA.
CREDITS. TECHNICAL SHEET.-
Architects.- depA.
Collaborators.- Luís Oliveira, Edgar Brito, NCREP.
Dates.- Project.- January/March 2014. Construction.- June/August 2014.
Budget.- 284,000 €.
Intervention Area.- 1040 sqm (interiors) + 306 sqm (courtyard).
Client.- Câmara Municipal de Pinhel.
Museology.- Glorybox.
Location.- Pinhel, Portugal.
More information
Carlos Azevedo, Carlos M. Guimarães, Luís Sobral, João Crisóstomo. depA
The group depA [department Architecture] was created in 2009, in Oporto. From the work developed for depA stands out the First prize for the production of the project of the future Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago Ydáñez, in Jaen, Spain, and the block of Avenal, Honor's Mention in the Prémio de Tijolo de Face à Vista Vale da Gândara. The project of block in Avenal was one of the 100 works selected in "Arquitetura Portuguesa - Discrição é to Nova Visibilidade", a sample of the Portuguese architecture produced in the last 20 years and that included an exhibition in Sao Paulo, 2013.
Carlos Azevedo. Studied at dArq-FCTUC and TUDelft. Collaborated with Jose Gigante Architecture Studio from 2007 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2014 with MVCC Arquitectos.
Carlos M Guimarães. Studied at dArq-FCTUC and Milan Polytechnic. Post-graduated course in Urban and Regional Planning from Porto Business School. Worked in Bilbao, Caracas and Lisbon. Collaborates with Iperforma, SA, in Porto, and writes to several international magazines.
Luís Sobral. Studied at dArq-FCTUC and EPFL (Lausanne). Collaborates since 2008 with the studio Pedra Líquida.
João Crisóstomo. Studied at dArq-FCTUC and TUDelft. Was director of NU magazine in 2007/08. Writes to several magazines. Collaborated with the studio Pedra Líquida from 2008 to 2012. Collaborates with MVCC Architects.
