Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa was commissioned to design a new transport infrastructure in Fiães, a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira in Portugal. The project will be located in an environment limited by two parishes, located perpendicular to the access road to the plot.

For the project that includes a bus station and a parking lot, the different circulations of buses and cars have been thought of so that there is no type of crossing or possible conflict between them. This is achieved with a clear separation between access to the parking lot by the east of the bus access from the west.
The Interface de Transportes Lourosa designed by the architecture studio Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa is about the construction of a building with a rectangular floor plan built using a metal structure that provides dynamism to the volumetric of the building thanks to the roof it supports.

The roof is designed to generate a great contrast with the rectangular volume of the building, which has been made with an envelope of parallelepipeds of cement mosaics that animate the facades. The project also has a cafeteria, which has a terrace facing south and west, serving not only the station but also the passing public and the industries located in its surroundings, enhancing and making the most of this facility.


Interface de Transportes Lourosa-Fiães by Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
 

Project description by Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa

The Interface for Transportes Lourosa – Fiães is a transport interface, located on a plot of land with around 11,500 sqm on the border between these two parishes, comprises a vast parking and manoeuvring area and a support building of around 500 sqm, which was chosen to be located perpendicular to the road that gives it access. This location allows a better integration into the existing topography, and also clearly separates the access to the car park at the east from the bus access at the west, so there are no crossroads or possible conflicts between cars and bus traffic.

The building with a rectangular plan and built-in metal structure, has a dynamic volumetry and is covered with a skin that makes the transition from the user/pedestrian scale to the bus bay scale, to the west. This metal sheet roof contrasts with some parallelepiped volumes covered in cement mosaics that enliven the façades.


Interface de Transportes Lourosa-Fiães by Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.

At the front of the building, closer to the street, is the cafeteria, with a terrace facing south and west. Due to its location, this space will not only serve the Interface but will also be used by the passing public and the industries located nearby, thus enhancing and making the most of this facility.

Users access the building from the east, from the car park to an area where the extended roof shelters and marks the entrance. The building is very transparent both to the east and west, allowing the bus dock to be seen at all times.

The building rests on a pedestrianised and paved area animated by the inclusion of garden spaces, with a design referring to the building shape, and bicycle parking zones.


Interface de Transportes Lourosa-Fiães by Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.

The car park, located to the east, is divided into two areas, one closer to the entrance for short-term stops, dropping off passengers and passenger transport vehicles, and a second area, further north, which is mainly for longer-term parking.

Bus access to the Interface is to the west, in an area duly dimensioned for the purpose, allowing easy circulation and manoeuvring for parking.

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Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa. José António Lopes da Costa, Tiago Meireles.
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Rita Gonçalves.
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Light Design.- Projedomus – Projectos e Instalações Eléctricas Inteligentes, Lda.
Acoustic Design.- Projedomus – Projectos e Instalações Eléctricas Inteligentes, Lda
Fluids Engineering.- PJReis – Engenharia Civil.
Thermal Engineering.- Projedomus – Projectos e Instalações Eléctricas Inteligentes, Lda.
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RUCE - Construção e Engenharia, Lda.
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2023.
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Fiães, Santa María da Feira, Portugal.
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José António Lopes da Costa was born in 1959, in Ovar. He took the degree in Architecture by Unité Pédagogique d'Archilecture de Bardeaux, in 1984. He made his internship in Rio de Janeiro at Atelier Sérgio Bernardes and Associates. Started his activity, in 1984. Collaborated with the architect Manuel Fernandes de Sá, in the elaboration of the Municipal Master Plan of Santa Maria da Feira and in the coordination of the Municipal Master Plan of Vale de Cambra. 

He founded the Atelier d’Arquitectura J. A. Lopes da Costa, Lda. (now known as Atelier d'Arquitectura Lopes da Costa) in Ovar, in 1989, where he carries on business, having won the 1st prize in various contests, the 3rd prize in the competition for the new City Hall of Vale de Cambra and the 2nd prize in the contests for the House of Arts in Ovar and the Academy of Music in São João da Madeira, both with Tiago Meireles.

Also received the Januário Godinho Architecture Award, wilh the House Joõo Sintra Coelho in Ovor, with Rui Ventura. He developed the Detailed Plan for the Aveiro Sports Park and also developed the landscaping proiect of the surrounding area of Aveiro Stadium for Euro 2004. He elaborated projects in dierent places all over Portugal, in Italy, Mozambique, Angola amang others. 

Between 2006 and 2011 he was part of the direction of NAAV (Core Architects of Aveiro). Participated in several group exhibitions and has works published in various journals. Also includes the publication of a monograph on the work of the Atelier.
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Published on: March 27, 2024
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