lordelo do ouro affordable housing

urban strategy:

reference project vs proposal

The new, engaging, ground floor

The proposal sought typological solutions featuring an intense and interchangeable relation between living areas and bedrooms, revolving around a generous balcony: effectively an outdoor living room. Floor plan and circulation areas are optimized to reach an adequate and efficient ratio, without compromising spatial qualities and a specific design quality

typological plan A1

typological plan A2

typological plan A3

typological plan - tower

The competition, promoted by Porto’s municipality, called to design a housing estate comprised of 190 affordable apartments as part of the City’s strategy to increase the offer of rental houses within the financial possibilities of middle class dwellers, promoting in the process the social regeneration of specific “problematic” areas

The competition, promoted by Porto’s municipality, called to design a housing estate comprised of 190 affordable apartments as part of the City’s strategy to increase the offer of rental houses within the financial possibilities of middle class dwellers, promoting in the process the social regeneration of specific “problematic” areas.

oitoo’s proposal is the result of a critical analysis of the competition programme and masterplan, exploring an alternative predicated on the sensible scaling of housing blocks and careful articulation with the ground floor generating new, meaningful, public spaces.

The proposal sought typological solutions featuring an intense and interchangeable relation between living areas and bedrooms, revolving around a generous balcony: effectively an outdoor living room. Floor plan and circulation areas are optimized to reach an adequate and efficient ratio, without compromising spatial qualities and a specific design quality.