Five Elevations. Three Rooms. Eight Ridges.
An inclusive architecture envelope hosts an Occupational Centre for Disabled People (CACI), designed under the metaphor of a dream factory, encouraging users to benefit from their experience in the centre as a daily job.
Sawtooth roofs on a metal frame structural system define the volumetry of the centre, inspired by industrial architecture buildings, in order to provide an iconographic layer that can be recognized and cheered by its users. A carefully modeled roof is interpreted as the fifth elevation, so it can be proudly overlooked by the surrounding neighbouring buildings on higher ground.
430 m2
Vila Nova de Paiva, Portugal | 2022 (On-going)
Client: ASSAP
Technical Design
5.3.8