As soon as one moves away from the old Baixa, it’s impossible to remain indifferent to the vast succession of empty shop windows of closed businesses, walled and boarded up and for sale signs

Our investigation took on a 36ha portion of one of Porto’s neighbourhoods where we assessed the status of all ground floor spaces within this area

In an universe of 581 ground floor spaces, 173 were found vacant, or 30% of the total

Over 22.500sqm of fully infra-structured unused ground floor spaces could easily provide housing for about 1.200 people

Reground or living in the ground floor presents a clear path for an alternative use of spaces where commercial activity has proven to be unsustainable

reground porto: changing the streets

reground porto: changing the backyards

built prototype - armazém cowork

2018

built prototype - ground floor house

2021

reground / habitar o res do chao

As soon as one moves away from the old Baixa, it’s impossible to remain indifferent to the vast succession of empty shop windows of closed businesses, walled and boarded up and for sale signs

In an universe of 581 ground floor spaces, 173 were found vacant, or 30% of the total