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TERRAOS DE BRAGANA
LISBOA - Portugal

LVARO SIZA

siza@mail.telepac.pt
COORDINATING ARCHITECTS
CONTRACTOR
COLLABORATING ARCHITECTS

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st phase: Clemente Menres

2nd phase: Miguel Nery
Ferrovial - Agromn, S.A.
Ashton Richards
Francesca Montalto
Cladia Vogel
Cristina Ferreirinha
Vitor Oliveira
Michele Gigante
Maria Moita
Mitsunori Nakamura
Atsushi Ueno
Tomoko Kawai
Jose Rodrigues

COLLABORATORS
Project Management
Structure
Electrical Installation
Mechanical, Plumbing, Drainage and Gas
Landscape architecture
Client

STA - Segades Tavares Associados, Lda.

Antnio Segades Tavares
Antnio Vieira Pereira
Carlos Palma
Joo Gomes da Silva
Imoplis - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos
de Investimento Imobilirio, S. A.

DATES
BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION

1992

END OF CONSTRUCTION

2004

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COLLECTIVE HOUSING
LISBOA - Portugal

DESCRIPTIVE BRIEF
The housing, service and commercial complex Terraos de Bragana
occupies a parcel of nearly 5000 m2 situated between Antnio Maria
Cardoso and Alecrim, which arises in a perfectly consolidated area, like
an interval that needs to be lled.
Care was taken to establish a dialogue with the environment to nd the
rst motivations for the denition of the project; as well as to make a
conscientious reading of the terrain, its topography, and the footprints left
by those who had lived there and given it meaning. Those footprints trace
back at least to the beginning of the14th century, the period of completion
of the Muralla Fernandina city wall.
The construction of this defense structure clearly dened the border of
the metropolis, reinforcing what once was a natural border - the strong
existing slope in the terrain, previously assumed as the limit of the wall of
the Convent of San Francisco da Cidade, from the 13th century (a Convent
whose building still exists today and houses the Escola Superior de Belas
Artes). These grounds had gradually been urbanized, on both the inside
and the outside of the city walls, building new roads and buildings on the
summit of the hillside, such as the palace of the Dukes of Bragana and,
later, the Jansen Beer Factory
The demolitions carried out on the site twenty years ago had left a section
of the city wall exposed, nowadays clearly visible, along with the tower
and the extreme southwest access door to the city, as well as an ensemble
of brick foundations which presumably belonged to the Jansen Beer
Factory.
This ensemble sensibly divides the terrain in half longitudinally and parallel
to the roads which, in the meantime had been opened: Rua Antnio Maria
Cardoso, on the inside, above, and Rua do Alecrim on the lower side. This
topological, geographical and historical fragmentation which divides the
terrain in two, connecting the parts parallel to the access roads, is adopted
by the project, both in morphological and programmatic terms.
In this way, an ensemble of three buildings has been built on the terrain
which borders the Rua do Alecrim, each facing the street and 15,5m in
depth. The program is also similar: the ground oors (1 or 2 depending on
the case) are intended for commerce, while the upper oors for ofces and
housing. On the high part of the site, the area which borders Rua Antnio
Maria Cardoso, two residential buildings were constructed. The two
buildings contact the ground through columns, separated from each other
by a large distance, dened to preserve the existing ruins of the Muralla
Fernandina (city wall), historical testimony which greatly increases the
value of the terrain. According to the previous inquiries made to IPPARNT,
this will become a museum area, integrated in the open space of the
housing and open to the public.

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All ve buildings share the same underground parking area (9002 m2),
with three common entrances from Rua do Alecrim, while a circular ramp
guarantees the connection between the various oors.
The building has a reinforced concrete structure, made up of columns and
continuous, mushroom-shaped slabs.
On the basement level, the perimeter walls will be constructed according
to the berlinesque shoring system with drained air cavity and double
interior brick wall to avoid eventual inltrations.
The construction above grade will have brick walls with air cavity and
thermal insulation.
The interior partitions will be brick to plaster and paint.
The roofs will be at, waterproofed and thermally insulated with an
inverted roof system.
On Rua do Alecrim, exterior nish of the buildings will be Lioz stone up
to the last oor of ofce or commercial spaces, and the remaining levels,
which correspond to housing units, will be nished in tile. The buildings
bordering Rua Antnio Maria Cardoso will have a Lioz stone base until
the rst housing level and balconies of the buildings. The remaining wall
surfaces will be nished in tile.
The exterior windows are double, in enameled wood, with interior shutters
for solar protection.

TECHNICAL DATA
SURFACE AREA OF SITE

TOTAL GROSS CONSTRUCTION AREA

22.872,00 m2

4.849,00 m2
FLOOR LEVELS ABOVE GRADE

SURFACE AREA OF ENSEMBLE

Building 1

257,30 m2

Building 1

Building 2

639.55 m

Building 2

Building 3

929,70 m

Building 3

4/5

Public passage

70,00 m2

Building 4

705,20 m

Building 5

260,50 m

Total

Public passage
Building 4

Building 5

2695,40 m

FLOOR LEVELS BELOW GRADE

CONSTRUCTED VOLUME

Building 1,2 e 3

Building 1

4.847,00 m

Building 2

7.807,00 m2

Building 3

11.938,80 m2

Public passage

11.988,80 m2

Building 5

4.397,50 m2

NUMBER OF OFFICE UNITS

10
NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL SPACES

SURFACE AREA OF PAVEMENT

1.587,00 m2

Building 2

2.432,90 m2

Building 3

3.993,20 m2

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NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
187

344,50 m2

Building 4

4.220,10 m2

Building 5

1.291,70 m2

Total

36

43.107,40 m2

Building 1

Public passage

3
5/2

NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS

2.128,30 m2

Building 4
Total

Building 4 e 5

NUMBER OF STORAGE UNITS

41

13.869,40 m2
FAADE HEIGHT

AREA OF PUBLIC SPACE

2.153,60 m2
INDEX OF RECLAMATION
2,86
INDEX OF OCCUPATION

Building 1

17,50 m

Building 2

16,80 m

Building 3

17,80/14,70 m

Public passage

17,20 m

Building 4

18,20 m

Building 5

17,00 m

0,55
DEPTH
WATERPROOFED SURFACE AREA
2.934,10 m2

Building 1

15,00 m

Building 2

15,50 m

Building 3

15,50 m

Public passage

GROSS CONSTRUCTED SURFACE AREA

13.869,40 m2

15,50 m

Building 4

15,50/19,20 m

Building 5

12,40/14,90 m

GROSS CONSTRUCTED AREA ABOVE GRADE

9.002,60 m2

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East elevation

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1:500

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South elevation

West elevation
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1:700

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Section

1. Parking lot
2. Machine room
3. Storage room
4. Waste room
5. Room
6. Garden storage
7. Technical gallery
8. Antechamber
9. Access corridor
10. Ventilation room

1:500

Section
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Floor level 0
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10

20m

1. Parking lot
2. Machine room
3. Pump room
4. Tank
5. Technical gallery
6. Stock area
7. Ventilation room
8. Waste room
9. Loading / Unloading area
10. Shop 1 (oor 1)
11. Shop 2 (oor 2)
12. Shop 3
13. Shop 4
14. Ventilator room
15. Storage room
16. Void
17. Desk
18. Small ofce
19. Medium ofce
20. Large ofce
21. Library
22. Reception
23. Archive
24. Meeting room
25. P. Trasf.
26. Garden storage

Floor level 3
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27. Lobby
28. Corridor
29. Single room
30. Hall
31. Living room
32. Dining room
33. Balcony
34. Laundry
35. Terrace
36. Service room
37. Water

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1:500

Partial oor plan, height level 32.94

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Floor level 5

20m

The two buildings contact the ground through

columns, separated from each other by a large
distance, dened to preserve the existing ruins
of the Muralla Fernandina (city wall), historical
testimony which greatly increases the value of
the terrain.

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1:500

27. Lobby
28. Corridor
29. Bedroom
30. Hall
31. Living room
32. Dining room
33. Balcony
34. Laundry
35. Terrace
36. Service room
37. Water

Floor level 6
196

10

20m

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MODULATION OF FAADES

D1

D2

Seccin D 3

D3
0

5m

1:150

1. Row of Stone,23cm from axis

2. Acerto Tiles
3. Alignmemt
L. Special Stone type L
U. Special Stone type U
V. Special Stone type V
M. Special Stone type M
C. Special Stone type C
Cut stone
Brick
Concrete

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Section A

Section B

Floorplan type

Ground oor level

200

1:150

5m

Section C

Section D

Roof level 1

Roof level
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Sliding window elevation

Sliding window section

D. 0

D. 1

D. 2
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D. 3

D. 5

D. 7

D. 4

D. 6

D. 8

D. 9

1. Lioz Stone
2. Stainless steel corner board 80x55x5 mm
3. Prole vedante cruzfer m8115
4. Prole vedante cruzfer st. E2018.93
Concrete

Brick

Mortar

Tile

Wood

Insulation

Marble

Steel

Rell

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