Located in a busy area in the city of Porto, the Hoso tower is destined for student accommodation. The cylindrical volumetry allows for an optimized spatial organization and flexibility, reducing the facade and circulation areas, and solving the typological versatility in a simple way. In the tower column, radial apartments are developed, while the upper and lower tops and ground floor are intended for collective uses.
With a concrete prefabricated structure, all the pieces are built-in fabric and assembled on-site accelerating the construction pace, reducing the waste and carbon footprint, while increasing the construction quality and precision. It took approximately one week to assemble each floor.
The proposed facade protects the housing units, not only from a solar but also from an acoustic point of view. The balconies all around its perimeter gives plasticity to the building. The roof terrace is the coronation that seeks the panoramic views.
Architect: OODALandscape Architects:P4 Artes e Técnicas da PaisagemDesign Team: Julião Pinto Leite, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, Diogo Brito, Francisco Lencastre, João Jesus, Inês Monteiro, Manuel Tavares, Catarina Fernandes, André Cardoso, Cristina Vivar Romero, Helena Bernardo (OODA)Client: BigCity / Rational CipherEngineering:A3R Engenharia, TEKK Engenheiros Consultores, Fluimep – Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Consulting, Alfaengenharia – Acoustic and Civil EngineeringPhotographer: Guilherme Oliveira / Gerardo Burmester
