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
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| Case Study 3 - Possibility of patio 's common space expansion to the public |
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
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| Case Study 3 - OSB prefabricated units arrangement |
PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 2
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| Case study 2 - Arrangement of the OSB prefabricated units |
PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal - Case Study 1
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| Case study 1 - Arrangement of the OSB prefabricated units |
PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Proposal
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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
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PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Analysis of the current space and intervention strategy
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| 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. |
PATTERNS OF IMPROVEMENT : Analysis of the current space
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| Our intervention's prothesis is to improve the living conditions of the residents and rearrange the shared space of the patio. |
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