Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça | Álvaro Siza

Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça

Architect: Álvaro Siza

Project Year: 1973-77

Location: Rua Águas Férreas, 4050-040 Porto

 

Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view from Lapa Metro station.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view from Lapa Metro station. Access to the gallery.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The long walled passageway that shelters the buildings from the railway.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of the easternmost part of the site (Block A).
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of one of the facades of Block A.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the windows and doors.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of the intersection of the Block A with the section that enclosures the site from the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Block A, with the Metro railway on the background.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The passageways between the four apartment blocks.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the corner formed by the intersection between the Block A and the apartments facing the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The symmetry originated by the stairs on the corner formed by the two blocks on the East side of the site.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view of the staircases that connect to the upper floor.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the staircase’s opening overlooking the site.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Looking up from the staircase.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The staircase, as seen from the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The stairs and the access to the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The space between the Block A and the triangular building that ends it.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The space between the Block A and the triangular building, looking towards the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the commercial circular building window.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Another view of the Block A and its circular top, as seen from the patio.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the parapet of the commercial building.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The semi-circular commercial building that ends the Block B, as seen from the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of one of the staircases that leads to the gallery.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
One of the accesses to Block A’s staircases.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the marquise.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The ground floor entrances of Block B.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view of the stairs in the central patio.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The central patio, between Blocks B and C.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of the Block C, facing the concrete wall.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
View of the Block B, facing the Boavista street.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The connection between the Block C and the concrete wall, and the passageway to the gallery.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The passageway that interconnects the patios.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The free-standing structure that ends the Block C.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The relationship between the Block C and the office building.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The patio between Blocks C and D.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
Detail of the top of the Block D.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The passageway, looking towards the concrete wall and the outer gallery.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view from the opening on the passageway.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The office building and the access to the parking lot.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The passageway that connects the different patios.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The opening on the concrete wall that separates the site from the Metro railway.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The stairs that give access to the outer gallery.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The gallery that runs along the concrete wall.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The outer gallery, looking towards the concrete wall and the Metro railway.
Social Housing Project SAAL Bouça
The view from the Boavista street.

Photographs taken on the 1st November 2015 and the 29th October 2016 with a Nikon D3200 | Lens: AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

(except for photos no. 5, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 29, 34 and 38 shot with a Nikon COOLPIX P500).

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