Places
Pedro Borges de Araújo
Regular Visits
Tours
Visit accompanied by Architect Pedro Borges de Araújo
Maximum 15 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Residential neighbourhood built between 1974 and 1977 in the scope of SAAL - Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local [Local Ambulatory Support Service], created by then secretary of state Nuno Portas. A cohesive group of small houses built from scratch remains, from what was originally planned for the area – a wider scope that predicted also the renovation of existing islands. The implantation of this built group of houses aims to re-establish urban connections with the nearby environment. The project of the houses tries to give each family a minimum space for their daily life through a patio that connects to the street. Light materials, typical of ordinary construction in Porto (painted or translucent corrugated sheet) and vibrant chromatic solutions aim to give expression to an architecture that has as calling to try to understand the genuine aspirations of its inhabitants. In the surrounding neighbourhoods some islands still persist, some now almost empty, where you can enter and feel (even if briefly) the deep reasons of these aspirations.
Location
Travessa das Antas com a Rua Firmino Pereira
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha D - Santo OvídioLinha A, B, E, F - Estádio do Dragão
Bus: STCP - 301, 305, 401, 700, 800, 801