CONFERENCE at PAVILLON DE L'ARSENAL / PARIS ( MARCH 28 -2013, 19H )
ABOUT HOUSES FOR ELDERY PEOPLE IN ALCACER DO SAL – PORTUGAL BY AIRES MATEUS ARQUITECTOS
EN « The project is based on a attentive reading of the life of a very specific kind of community, a sort of a micro society with its own rules. It is a program, somewhere in between a hotel and a hospital, that seeks to comprehend and reinterpret the combination social/private, answering to the needs of a social life, and at the same time of solitude. Independents unities aggregate into a unique body, whose design is expressive and clear. The reduct mobility of those who will live in the building suggests that any displacement should be an emotive and variable experience. The distance between the independent units is measured and drawn to turn the idea of path into life, and its time into form. The building, designed path, is a wall that naturally rises from the topography: it limits and defines the open space, organizing the entire plot. »
FR « La résidence pour personnes âgées d'Alcacer do Sal est liée à une lecture attentive de la vie d'une communauté très spécifique, une sorte de micro-société avec ses propres règles. Il s'agit d'un programme, mi-hôtel mi-hôpital qui cherche à comprendre et ré-interpréter la combinaison social / privé, en répondant à la nécessité de vie en communauté et, en même temps, à la solitude.
Le projet est dessiné en tenant compte des relations stables propres à ce type de société : des noyaux indépendants s'agrègent à un corps unique selon un dessin expressif et clair... Aires Mateus Architectes »
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Project name : Residências assistidas em Alcácer do Sal / Houses for eldery people in Alcácer do Sal
Location : Alcácer do Sal (Portugal)
Authors : Manuel AIRES MATEUS & Francisco AIRES MATEUS
Collaborators : Giacomo Brenna + Paola Marini + Anna Bacchetta + Miguel Pereira
Client : Santa Casa da Misericordia de Alcácer do Sal
Constructor : Ramos Catarino, Sa
Engineer : Engitarget, lda
Landscape architecture : ABAP Luis Alçada Batista
Footprint area : 1560 m2
Floor Gross area : 3640 m2
Plot area : 10435 m2
Photography : Fernando & Sergio Guerra (FG + SG / ultimasreportagens.com)
If you want to discover other AiresMateus arquitectos projects here the links list on arcstreet:
-Houses for eldery people in alcacer do cal - Portugal ( link )
-Museo do Farol de Santa Marta - Cascais - Portugal ( link )
-Santo Tirso Call center - Portugal ( link )
-Olivier Debre cultural center in Tours - France ( link )
-El croquis n°154 special Aires Mateus architecture ( link)