A Walled Oasis
Porto, Portugal
2014




A wall wraps around the site of a decommissioned brick factory, enclosing an oasis within — a place of refuge in the city.
The wall and the movement route create a rich spatial experience through a series of polyphonic overlaps between active and passive spaces, horizontal and vertical accents, and dark and light.
With subtle details and a modified function, the abandoned site becomes a new public place — one that is rooted in its context, physically, culturally and psychologically.
Information
Project Adaptive Re-use of a Decommissioned Brick Factory
Type Cultural
Status Competition
Surface 9,000 m2
Client U8 The Unknown Porto
Team Madhusudhan Chalasani, Mario Galiana Liras, Javier Ugarte Albizu and Bharat Kumar Thota
Type Cultural
Status Competition
Surface 9,000 m2
Client U8 The Unknown Porto
Team Madhusudhan Chalasani, Mario Galiana Liras, Javier Ugarte Albizu and Bharat Kumar Thota
Award
Winner, U8 International Competition (2014)