Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation



Portela de Sacavém - Group D Presentation


PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Prototype Construction Process

Prototype Construction Process

ADAPTABLE LIVING - ANALYSIS


Portela is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, in the district of Lisbon. It was a masterplan deeply inspired by modernist that is located close to the airport and enclosed by freeways. The upper middle class inhabits this neighbourhood. 



ADAPTABLE LIVING - PLANS AND SECTION


Ground floor plan 

Cross section 

A single bed apartment can be changed easily into a three-bed apartment. The exterior private space can expand as well by adding balconies. This allows the families of the different floors to interact with each other. Different to the previous lay out, we add a common semi-public space on each floor. 

ADAPTABLE LIVING - PERSPECTIVES







The common spaces can be used in different ways, as a playground for children of just as a terrace. This gives natural daylight to the staircase and connects the floors to each other.

ADAPTABLE LIVING - FLEXIBILITY

Initial ground floor plan

Scheme diagrams



For the interior design of the apartments, we kept the structure, so the columns and the external walls. As for the interior, the wet areas are at the same place. 

ADAPTABLE LIVING - VISUALISATIONS PROTOTYPE


The concept for the new lay out is based on the prototype and the wet areas. A kitchen can be replaced easily by a bathroom just by taken off the panels and add a new ones. This flexibility allows the families to expand or to shrink according to their contemporary needs.

Current plan



The current plan of the towers of Portela shows a conventional layout of 4 modern flats which could be extended by taking the one beside. The more private squared meters the contractors got, the more profit they made and better they sell the flats. Being only focused on economy, its noted a lack of care and commitment for public spaces.

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 3

Case Study 3 -  Possibility of patio 's  common space expansion to the public 

ADAPTABLE LIVING - PROTOTYPE


Final assembling of the pieces. 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 3

Case Study 3 -  Urban Farming Unit 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 3

Case Study 3 - OSB prefabricated units used 

ADAPTABLE LIVING - CONCLUSION



The goal of this project is to adapt the apartments of Portela according to the needs of contemporary families nowadays. One of the main issues for this quarter is that the population is growing older and not replaced by new inhabitants. The result is that more dwellings are becoming vacant. By developing the apartments and the public space, we try to attract new young people and families.

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 3

Case Study 3 - OSB prefabricated units arrangement 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 3

Case Study 3 - Shared space design 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 2

Case Study 2 - Rainwater reuse 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 2

Case Study 2 - Ventilation

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 2

Case Study 2 - OSB prefabricate unit used

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 2

Case study 2 - Arrangement of the OSB prefabricated units

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 1

Case Study 1 - Osb prefabricated units used 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 1

Case Study 1 - Osb prefabricated units used 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 1

Case study 1 - Arrangement of the OSB prefabricated units 

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal

Case study 1 : Proposal for the single mother's house
- the current construction of the proposed house is bad - in order to minimize the cost of the intervention - we suggest the placement of prefabricated OSB units in order to create the spaces needed ( kitchen, separated bedrooms for mother and children, wc/ shower unit )
Case study 2 : Proposal for the old lady's house
- Extend the old lady's living space by adding prefabricated OSB units for her kitchen, in this way she can afford create a wc/shower in her house
Case study 3: Shared space
-  Extend the common space in relation with the entrance of the patio

PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Analysis of the current space and intervention strategy

In order to achieve the improvements necessary we propose that the single mother and her children move from their  original house to a biggest house in the patio ( which is currently used as storage room ). We also propose that their previous house is being demolished in order to create a shared space in relation with the entrance in the patio. Also we are proposing an expansion of the old lady's house unit in order to be able to have her own bathroom. 

Garden of Eden


Garden of Eden


PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Analysis of the current space

Our intervention's prothesis is to improve the living conditions of the residents and rearrange the shared space of the patio.

Garden of Eden



Garden of Eden