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Description

This is a remodelling and expansion project for a physiotherapeutic clinic based on an office building, located at Portela, Sacavém, near Lisbon. For this intervention, Origem Arquitectos proposed a project based on a contemporary language that could reflect not only the physical renovation of the clinic and the client’s business, but also of the physiotherapeutic activity itself. Conceptually this intervention operates the space, conferring it with a sense of tranquillity and serenity – idyllic for the clinic’s activities.

The ambiences are dominated by natural light that interacts with natural materials and soft colours.
The access to the clinic is made by the reception area and the remainder of the clinic’s spaces develops alongside a longitudinal distribution corridor, from which one can reach the several treatments and specialized accompanying spaces: medical cabinet, hydrotherapy area, treatment zones and the specialized physiotherapeutic gymnasium.

Besides the physical intervention, this project also complements graphical signalling: all the public areas have “subtitles” on the doors, allowing for an intuitive reading of space and its functions. By opposition, the reading of the restricted areas is “camouflaged”. The project design and communication was made by the firm carrossel, under direct supervision of the designer Ione Almeida.

Biography

The Lisbon based studio Origem Arquitectos was founded in 2008. In this firm, the departure point, the origin of all projects is the way the client wishes to live and experience space. From the origin comes the idea, the guiding concept. Over this idea, intelligent and sustainable solutions are develop – both in an ecological and socio-functional perspective. Step by step, a multidisciplinary team that includes experts in the fields of architecture, interiors and design -coordinated by the architect Mónica Cruz since 2008, works to make feasible a wide array of projects, assuring the highest quality since the conceptual phase to the actual on site construction.

Mónica Cruz was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1976. In 2000 she attained an architecture degree at the FAUTL – Architecture Faculty of the Lisbon Technical University. During her career, she collaborated with several firms and entities, namely: Sociedade de Levantamentos e Cotagens, lda. (1995); DGEMN – Lisbon Regional Monuments and Heritage Direction (2001 / 2008) and the Museums and Conservation Institute. During her professional path, Mónica acquired a deep understanding of the survey procedures and interventions in the fields of built heritage and architectural monuments, as well as experience in museology and exhibition projects; experiences that reflects in her architectural everyday practice. In 2004 she was invited spokesperson at the OA – Architects Order conference Levantamentos Arquitectónicos- Architectural Surveys. In 2008 she founded the studio AT08arquitetos, lda, and since 2009 she also became coordinator at the Origem Arquitetos studio.

Among her several architectural projects stand out the following: 2003/2004 – Reedification of an habitation building in the historic centre of Leiria – Honorary Mention at the Korrodi Prizes 2008; 2008 – Technical Conservation and Restore Report – Condes da Ribeira Grande Palace; 2009 – Rehabilitation and expansion project for a house in the Bairro Novo quarter in Benfica, Lisbon; 2009 – Project for the Architectural Competition Casa das Artes in Vila Flor; 2010 – Urban viability study for the Janelas Verdes quarter, Lisbon.

She also conceived several exhibition projects, namely: A minha escola adota um museu – at the Theatre National Museum; A Ourivesaria Portuguesa e Seus Mestres and Obras Primas da Cerâmica Japonesa, both at Soares dos Reis Museum and the exhibition Arte e Cultura do Império Russo nas Coleções do Hermitage, de Pedro, o Grande a Nicolau II, held at the National Palace of Ajuda.

João Sá Vieira was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1979. Between 1997 and 2002 he studied construction engineering at the IST – Technical Superior Institute, in Lisbon. In 2003 he decided to change his superior formation; in 2010 he concluded his integrated masters’ degree in architecture, at the Lusíada Faculty of Lisbon, with a final thesis revolving around architectural surveys on monuments and heritage buildings. In 2004 he was invited spokesperson at the OA – Architects Order conference Levantamentos Arquitectónicos- Architectural Surveys. João is partner at Origem arquitectos studio since 2008.

Among his several architectural projects and studies, produced individually or with Origem and AT08arquitetos studio, stand out the following: 2003 – Architectural survey of the Santa Maria de Pombeiro monastery, Felgueiras; 2004 - Partial architectural survey of the manor house of Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra; 2005 - Project for the GStudio commercial space, Oeiras; 2007 - Projects for two commercial eating spaces for the Casa Amarela chain, Olivais and Madredeus, Lisbon; 2008 – Architectural survey of the National Theatre of São Carlos, Lisbon; 2008 - Project for one commercial eating space for the Casa Amarela chain, Alta de Lisboa, Lisboa; 2008/2009 – Office project for wiz interactive, Bairro Alto, Lisboa; 2009/2010 – Survey of the urban vicinity surrounding the National Theatre of São Carlos, Lisbon.