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ANTONIO CARVALHO
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part1. Architecture
FREELANCERarchitecture
Ideas competition
ARQUITECTARURBAN REGENERATION
The Concept
The focus of this project was the
requalification of a building from the
XIX century situated in the old
downtown of Oporto, Portugal. Once it
was a project in the scope of the
competition, Arquitectar, it was
decided to a more deep project
approach. From the existing building it
was decided to maintain the main
façade and reformulate all the rest. The
interior, the façade from the quarter
and the last floor were completely
reformulated and the functions of the
building also reviewed.
The project was strongly influenced by
its surrounding more precisely by the
building that confronts with the
proposal in the interior of the quarter.
ideas
This relation influenced the functional
program and the façade design. The
mentioned building is separated from
the requalified building in 3 meters
and is 13 meters high so the light
entrance in the first floors is very few,
not enough for housing. A new façade
was designed that in a first point could
let the light goes in at the lower floors
and in a second point that could work
as a filter between interior and exterior.
The façade consists in a set of metal
boards designed to control the light
entrance. Through laser cutting and
metal bending it's possible to control
the design of each board allowing
more light entrance in the first floors
and less in the last floors.
Light entrance
f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6
Metal bending
Section
Housing T0
Housing T1
Services
Commerce
East elevation
Main elevation
Before
After
Plans
1: Groundfloor plan
2: Second floor plan
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c: Entrance
d: Housing T0
e: Housing T1
Services
Commerce
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3: Fourth floor
4: Cover plan
Plans
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c: Entrance
d: Housing T0
e: Housing T1
Services
Commerce
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Wooden shutters
Window with structure in aluminio and
timber cladding. Double glass.
Wood window dressing
Granite
Decking plate slab
extrudated polystyrol
Cement mortar for water draining
Waterproofing barrier
Deck wood
Exterior wood sill
wood ceiling beam
Interior wood sill
Wood ceiling beam for the plank floor
attachment
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Plasterboard
Plasterboard attachment system
Metallic rail
Stone wool
cement mortar
cement rail
Wood pank floor
drain pipe
Metal clip
Metal shutter
Sliding glass door with double glass
Metal bar
Dark slate
Steel Profile
Detail
HOUSE EXTENSION
1: Location plan
2: Ground floor plan
3: Conceptual scheme
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The project is situated in a farm and
consists in the extension of a house
belonging to a couple of wine makers.
The existent building was built firstly to
support the winery activity and
secondly to serve as a house. Lately
the objective of the client is to remodel
the existent old house of the farm and
to live there. Because of this
conditions, it was important to evaluate
how the house extension would
interact not just with the existent but
also how it would interact with the old
house. In fact the house extension
would have to occupy part of the
garden of the old house. Because of
these conditions it was decided to
dissimulate the house extension. As a
way of doing it I decided to work with a
fence that could define the terrain
limits of the old house but also that
could integrate and define the limits of
the house extension.
Plans
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1: South elevation
2: West elevation
4: Cross section
Elevations & section
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Stone pitching
Screed layer
Cement mortar
40mm white Estremoz marble flooring
20mm white Estremoz marble capstone
15mm pine wood
Cement block
Waterproofing mortar
Smoothing mortar
60mm thermal insulation
Aquapanel outdoor plasterboard with
rendering embedded ranforcement
mesh, waterproof layer and white water
based paint
Wooden bars
Voided slab
L metal profile
U stainless steel profile bended
L metal profile for wood supporting
Glass door with aluminium carpentry
40mm white Estremoz marble flooring
Drainage layer
Gravel for rainwater drainage
Geotextile felt
Drain Pipe
Waterproof barrier
Concrete slab
40mm thermal insulation
Wooden bars for plank floor settlement
Plank floor
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Detail
HOUSE REHABILITATION
The idea
The house, situated at the bottom of a
hillside, was used for many years as
familiar habitation on the 1st floor and
as support to agriculture on the ground
floor. The relationship with the
surrounding environment is always
direct and is made through a set of
windows mostly situated in the north
elevation of the house. The main
objective of the project is the creation
of intermediate spaces which could
allow more privacy to the inhabitants
as well as the creation of a system that
permits the entrance of more light in
the house. For this purpose it was
decided to push the house until the
exterior south wall and use the existent
north wall of the house as a surface to
reflect light. Between these two
elements there is the new local to
access the interior of the house.
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Northwest view + Grasshopper definition
Sketch of a section representing the solar direction
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Plans
Ground floor plan First floor plan
1: East elevation
2: West elevation
Elevations
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1: Section A
To unify the new and the old part of the
house it was decided to create a wood
slatted. Also this element has the
objective to cover the systems to
heating the water located on the top of
the building.
Section
INTERVENTION IN A VAULT
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Details
Photography from the door1 2
The door in a cemetery symbolically
defines the separation between the
world of the living and the dead. The
door was intended to convey solidity
and robustness, like the large
tombstones of certain cultures of
ancient times. If in a first time the
cross is in an oblique position invoking
the load of the cross by Christ, in a
second time, already inside the vault,
she acquires a vertical position by
invoking the encounter with God.
Details
PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE
International ideas competition in
the scope of Guimarães2012
European Capital of Culture.
With Jaime Sarró
«There are economical and social situations in which it seems more than
reasonable to convert the useless into useful.»
1- 4 The citizens experience
Previous page: The city center of Guimarães
THE W_HOLE PERFORMANCE
The city of Guimarães has witnessed a
chaotic, complex and polemic urban
transformation over the last few
months. But, at the same time, in social
terms, has been a fascinating and
magnetic transformation.
We continuously find many and large
groups of people around the different
intervention areas, being these areas
either bigger or smaller in scale.
These are situations of mere
contemplation of the work in progress,
casual rendezvous which breed like
meetings in a coffee bar, people who
discuss the benefits these could bring
to the community, or people who seem
to be envisioning the final outcome.
Such are manifold and much
differentiated situations, but they
nonetheless share a common
characteristic: they take place around
the areas undergoing transformations
of the urban scenery. This allure is an
intense one and it works as a centre of
social attraction. If we dig into our
visual memories, we will see that this
phenomenon now occurring on the
streets of Guimarães actually pretty
much anywhere, in our street, our city,
in other cities and in other countries.
If the transformation of the urban
scenery has this great ability to
generate social activity around it, why
not then keep this situation over the
entire course of this event's time
period?
1: The performer
2: The hole
3: The guards
4: The performance
5: The result
Reduced to its minimum expression: a
worker; a simple operation (a hole in
the ground); and the setup of the
necessary protections. The operation
will last just long enough so as to
generate the desired expectations and
curiosity. On completion, the worker
will start the same operation
elsewhere, he will close the initial hole
and disassemble the protections,
resuming the operation on a new
settlement. Thus will turn into a
continuous process of permanent
assembly and disassembly all over
town.
THE (GREEN)HOUSE
The idea
in/out
in/between/out
1: Conceptual plan of location
2: Conceptual scheme of the building
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This Project aims to requalify a small
house built for more than 50 years. The
house is located in a rural zone it was
also used as a place to support
agriculture activities. Without any
conditions to be used as a habitation it
was decided to augment the house at
the 1st floor level through the
displacement of the southwest wall.
Once the house was visually
permeable by other houses, it was
decided to create a free space
between the old granite walls on the
1st floor and the new interior spaces.
Like this there are always a layer
between interior and exterior. Because
the new building will be occupied by
farmers, it was created a greenhouse
at the top of the building.
Plans
a: Living room
b: Kitchen
c: Wc
d: Bedroom
e: Office
f: Greenhouse
Groundfloor First floor
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North view
Southeast view
Mockups
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1: Cross section
2: Longitudinal section
Sections
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Elevations and perspective
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1: Perspective
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Southeast elevation
Southwest elevation
afterbefore
COLLABORATORarchitecture
During 16 months I collaborated as
assistant in the research projects of
Prof. Gonçalo Furtado. During this time
I also participated in the organization
of 3 exhibitions at the Oporto
University and in the project for a
urban shelter.
(The image was courtesy of Prof.
Gonçalo Furtado)
Arch. Prof. Gonçalo Furtado
Model from a shelter board
fabricated by milling process
T&Esquadro, Arq. Assoc., Lda
Hotel in the Douro area
I did an internship during 3 months
in the office T&Esquadro, V.N. Gaia.
During this time I participated in the
construction administration from a
Hotel in the Douro area, I worked on
the design development for a
collective housing in Baião and I also
did the preliminary design of a house
rehabilitation in Viana do Castelo.
(The image was courtesy of
T&Esquadro, Arq. Assoc. Lda)
Claudio Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers
5th prize
I worked 6 months in «Claudio
Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers».
In the competition for the headquarters
of AMI I was responsable to organise
the AMI kindergarten and the
construction of the mockup
(The image was courtesy of
Claudio Vilarinho
Arquitectos e Designers)
youngest team awarded
International competition for the
headquarters of AMI
Cascais, Portugal 2008
In this project I was responsable for
the p
of three houses.
reliminary design and design
development
(The image was courtesy of
Claudio Vilarinho
Arquitectos e Designers)
House complex - Valença
Claudio Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers
Atelier du Prado
I did an internship during 3 months
in «Atelier du Prado» Marseille.
During this time I was part of the
team that project the new North
Hospital. In this project I
participated in the detail phase of the
diferent rooms. During this internship I
also worked on the preliminary design
for an apartment refurbishment and I
also did a model for a car park, both in
Marseille.
On this page: Hospital entrance
(The image was courtesy of Atelier du
Prado)
“L’Hôpital du Nord” - Marseille
architectureACADEMIC
LIBRARY IN ESPINHO
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The process
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1: Location plan
2: Sketch from the local
The building location is at the end of
the urban zone of espinho near the
beach. For this reason it was
necessary that this equipment works
as a landmark at this point of the city. It
was decided that the best position for
the building would be at the end of the
street near the beach.
The different rooms are organized
around courtyards and in the most part
of the times receiving north light or
indirect light so it can be created a
good ambience for lecturing and other
activities.
Plans
1.1 Hall entrance
1.2 Children’s room
1.3 Room for adults
1.4 Toilet for children
1.5 Toilet for adults
1.6 Staff toilets
1.7 Storage
1.8 Technical area
1.9Informatic room
1.10 Room for documents maintenance
1.11 Documents storage
1.12 Courtyard
Ground floor plan
2.1 Conference room
2.2 Atelier of expression for children
2.3 Room for adults
2.4 Animation area for children
2.5 Storage
2.6 Office
2.7 Director’s office
2.8 Meeting room
2.9 Terrace
1st floor plan
Plans
East elevation
The building himself is characterized
for a set of courtyards that illuminates
in an indirect way the different rooms of
the library.
Elevations
North elevation
BIBLIOTECA MUNICIPAL DE ESPINHO
1: Section Aa
2: Section Dd
Sections
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COLLECTIVE HOUSING IN PORTO
1: Location plan
2: Location sketche
Location plan
This collective housing project aims to
address essentially to two points: firstly
to enhance and consolidate the urban
context in which it operates and
secondly, to create housing typologies
exceptions that could enhance the
building. The shape of the building has
much to do with the presence of the
viaduct in which it exists. This element,
not frequent in the urban scene, plays
a unique role in this area of Porto. The
strong circulation road that passes
through it, "draws up" motion lines that
influenced the design of the building.
The sloping roof of the building
generates typologies that allow the
creation of garden terraces thereby
diversifying the housing supply.
Boavista roundabout2nd center of Porto
Zone of intervention Highway2
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Ground floor plan
Plan & Elevation
1: South elevation
2: 1st floor plan
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1: Longitudinal section
2: Detail b
3: Detail of the balcony
4: Detail a
Section & details
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Granite flooring
Wood bar
Cooper plate
Waterproof barrier
40mm thermal insulation
Smoothing mortar
Cement mortar
Concrete
Plastering
Cooper casque
Cement block
Wood
Geotextile felt
Marble
Wood floor
Cork layer
Waterproofing mortar
L metal profile
Metal guide for exterior doors
Guard
Deck
Waterproof barrier
Water flowing off box
Lioz rock
Schist flooring
Sand dust
Sand
Stone pitching
Drainage layer
Drain pipe
Smooth concrete
Concrete mortar
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South elevation of the module
1st and 2nd floor of the module
Habitation module
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a: Bedroom
b: Wc
c: Storage room
d: Laundry
e: Kitchen
f: Living room
part2. Design & Digital Fabrication
product designACADEMIC
MAT Mouse Air TrackBallWith Jaime Sarró
The MATmouse presented here meets
all the requirements of its intended use
and adds to their performances other
forms of combined use. Proper
ergonomics are also applied and the
possibility of use with both hands it
achieves the objectives defined as
premises with a few pieces of easy
production and simple assembly, so
that the MAT is economical in its
manufacture, functional and versatile in
its performance, and competitive in
market. The product, if produced in
silicon, is presented as a very suitable
option for data entry into machine
tools. Besides the versatility of the
material, it allows for the intensive use
with high protection impact and
exposure to liquids.
A mouse that can
be adapted to
both hands
LED STREET LIGHT
Function and form are inseparable in
this project. The street light consists of
an aluminum structure made by
extrusion process and is designed for
being a single piece where all the other
elements can be easily assembled. The
design shape of this aluminum body
was also considered to dissipate the
heat generated by the light. The
extrusion production also has the
advantage of allowing different sizes
without a significant augment in cost.
MATERIAL
FUNCTION
FORM
MAGNETIC TOASTER
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The creation of a toaster that could be
easily washed was one of the premises
for this project. For this reason the
system to generate heat is an induction
instead of a common resistance
system. With this, it was possible to
split the toaster in two parts: one where
all the electrical components and
are situated and the
other where the heat will be generated.
This part is compost of two plates of
iron covered by a layer of cork and a
polymer.
the
magnetic field
CLASSROOM FURNITUREWith Catarina Violante
In this project we develope a table for
a class room equipied with the
possibility to access to internet, view
media contents, interaction with other
students and also that could be used
as a normal table.
The table consists in a top part made
by plastic injection and four legs made
by aluminium extrusion.
UPR68digital fabrication
1: Stereolithographic part of the model (1:200)
3-10: Diferent steps to produce a stereolithographic model
2: Stereolithographic part of the model (1:20)
The project for creating a Rapid
Prototyping Unity(RPU) in Oporto,
Portugal, has been inserted in
multidisciplinary actions of LIDERA's
program of University of Porto, which
develops skills of interaction between
academic and economic fields.
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RAPID PROTOTYPING
MILLING PROCESS
Milling board process for a
terrain model (1:500)
The project was oriented to the areas
of Design and Architecture, and
pretends to look for the interference
between fields of design, academic
research and business.
This Unity should provide support to
professionals and students in the
specific problem of translating of its
physical creative proposals, as well as
developing a research agenda, related
with the creative process and the
physical representation of models.
Papers
1-4: Conferences where papers were sibmitted
The team:
António Carvalho
André Chaves
Cristina Lemos
Lia Moreira
Luis Caló
Pedro Flores
and
Prof. Gonçalo Furtado
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graphic designFREELANCER
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2: Logo for a household article21
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Makerbot 3Dprint
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1: Logo for the facebook page «digitalupgrade»
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