Location: Guimarães, Portugal.
Year: 2010.
Photographs: Dario Cannatà, Luis Ferreira Alves, Pepe Barbiere.
The building is located in Veiga de Creixomil southwest of the historic city centre of Guimarães, in a sensitive area of high landscape value. It is characterized by a relative difference in height, a water channel, dirt trails, great visibility from surrounding areas and close proximity to large green masses. To enhance the spatial character of the factory typology, the main objective was to create an open space, bright, and ready to embrace the new uses and demands of its functional program. The concept of intervention seeks to clearly highlight and accurately identify the various intervention stages so as not to produce ambiguities or distortions of the history of the building.
