architects
2013 Sociocultural centre. Reinosa
2013 The dwelling of the future
2012 Public equipment with heliport
2010 Loft 70m2. III design contest
2008 Urban furniture. Foro da madeira
2008 Rural equipment. Foro da madeira
2008 Housing industrialization_INVISO
A house in Luanda: Patio and pavilion
Architecture Triennale 2010 - Lisbon
May 2010
International competition. Selected project
Housing built in traditional systems link people with their territory. The customes of a community are the base of its culture, and Architecture deals simultaneously with construction and family culture. "Home" in Luanda is where everything begins, where families grow and diminish, social relationships are set and even small businesses start. So, how can this social charge be shown?
Our project compile all these issues in a solution with a construction method that allows self-construction in order to progress in time, and a development of systems based on materials of local architecture. It is in this sense that sustainability is assumed, by having people working with local materials (reducing transport consumption), used in a simple construction method (easy to learn and practise) that makes possible self-construction (energy saving).
Housing has several sizes, depending on the state of growth of the family. The minimum housing unit starts with two modules (kitchen + sink, shower + latrine and one room) and could grow up to a seven member family housing with four modules. Each module is a construction entity formed by two bearing walls and a nubian vault made of compressed earth brick.