Adaptive reuse creates new Trofa town hall
Adaptive reuse of a derelict industrial building has created this Portuguese municipality’s town hall. Part of the original building has been integrated into the core of the assertive, linear volume of the new building, which belies the impressive rooms within.
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Revitalisation as a catalyst for urban regeneration
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"The design concept of the building is to concentrate on the essentials ... When we visited the site for the first time, we stood in front of an industrial complex, which included not only this building that we are looking at, but also a series of warehouses that extend beyond the building. So all we found here was, let’s say, a carcass ... In other words, it had a roof, it had exterior walls, but it didn’t really have an interior."
José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira, Founder, NOARQ
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