ANTONIO CARVALHO

PORTFOLIO

part1. Architecture

FREELANCERarchitecture

Ideas competition

ARQUITECTARURBAN REGENERATION

The Concept

The focus of this project was the

requalification of a building from the

XIX century situated in the old

downtown of Oporto, Portugal. Once it

was a project in the scope of the

competition, Arquitectar, it was

decided to a more deep project

approach. From the existing building it

was decided to maintain the main

façade and reformulate all the rest. The

interior, the façade from the quarter

and the last floor were completely

reformulated and the functions of the

building also reviewed.

The project was strongly influenced by

its surrounding more precisely by the

building that confronts with the

proposal in the interior of the quarter.

ideas

This relation influenced the functional

program and the façade design. The

mentioned building is separated from

the requalified building in 3 meters

and is 13 meters high so the light

entrance in the first floors is very few,

not enough for housing. A new façade

was designed that in a first point could

let the light goes in at the lower floors

and in a second point that could work

as a filter between interior and exterior.

The façade consists in a set of metal

boards designed to control the light

entrance. Through laser cutting and

metal bending it's possible to control

the design of each board allowing

more light entrance in the first floors

and less in the last floors.

Light entrance

f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6

Metal bending

Section

Housing T0

Housing T1

Services

Commerce

East elevation

Main elevation

Before

After

Plans

1: Groundfloor plan

2: Second floor plan

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c: Entrance

d: Housing T0

e: Housing T1

Services

Commerce

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3: Fourth floor

4: Cover plan

Plans

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d: Housing T0

e: Housing T1

Services

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Wooden shutters

Window with structure in aluminio and

timber cladding. Double glass.

Wood window dressing

Granite

Decking plate slab

extrudated polystyrol

Cement mortar for water draining

Waterproofing barrier

Deck wood

Exterior wood sill

wood ceiling beam

Interior wood sill

Wood ceiling beam for the plank floor

attachment

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Plasterboard

Plasterboard attachment system

Metallic rail

Stone wool

cement mortar

cement rail

Wood pank floor

drain pipe

Metal clip

Metal shutter

Sliding glass door with double glass

Metal bar

Dark slate

Steel Profile

Detail

HOUSE EXTENSION

1: Location plan

2: Ground floor plan

3: Conceptual scheme

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The project is situated in a farm and

consists in the extension of a house

belonging to a couple of wine makers.

The existent building was built firstly to

support the winery activity and

secondly to serve as a house. Lately

the objective of the client is to remodel

the existent old house of the farm and

to live there. Because of this

conditions, it was important to evaluate

how the house extension would

interact not just with the existent but

also how it would interact with the old

house. In fact the house extension

would have to occupy part of the

garden of the old house. Because of

these conditions it was decided to

dissimulate the house extension. As a

way of doing it I decided to work with a

fence that could define the terrain

limits of the old house but also that

could integrate and define the limits of

the house extension.

Plans

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1: South elevation

2: West elevation

4: Cross section

Elevations & section

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Stone pitching

Screed layer

Cement mortar

40mm white Estremoz marble flooring

20mm white Estremoz marble capstone

15mm pine wood

Cement block

Waterproofing mortar

Smoothing mortar

60mm thermal insulation

Aquapanel outdoor plasterboard with

rendering embedded ranforcement

mesh, waterproof layer and white water

based paint

Wooden bars

Voided slab

L metal profile

U stainless steel profile bended

L metal profile for wood supporting

Glass door with aluminium carpentry

40mm white Estremoz marble flooring

Drainage layer

Gravel for rainwater drainage

Geotextile felt

Drain Pipe

Waterproof barrier

Concrete slab

40mm thermal insulation

Wooden bars for plank floor settlement

Plank floor

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Detail

HOUSE REHABILITATION

The idea

The house, situated at the bottom of a

hillside, was used for many years as

familiar habitation on the 1st floor and

as support to agriculture on the ground

floor. The relationship with the

surrounding environment is always

direct and is made through a set of

windows mostly situated in the north

elevation of the house. The main

objective of the project is the creation

of intermediate spaces which could

allow more privacy to the inhabitants

as well as the creation of a system that

permits the entrance of more light in

the house. For this purpose it was

decided to push the house until the

exterior south wall and use the existent

north wall of the house as a surface to

reflect light. Between these two

elements there is the new local to

access the interior of the house.

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Northwest view + Grasshopper definition

Sketch of a section representing the solar direction

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Plans

Ground floor plan First floor plan

1: East elevation

2: West elevation

Elevations

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1: Section A

To unify the new and the old part of the

house it was decided to create a wood

slatted. Also this element has the

objective to cover the systems to

heating the water located on the top of

the building.

Section

INTERVENTION IN A VAULT

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Details

Photography from the door1 2

The door in a cemetery symbolically

defines the separation between the

world of the living and the dead. The

door was intended to convey solidity

and robustness, like the large

tombstones of certain cultures of

ancient times. If in a first time the

cross is in an oblique position invoking

the load of the cross by Christ, in a

second time, already inside the vault,

she acquires a vertical position by

invoking the encounter with God.

Details

PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE

International ideas competition in

the scope of Guimarães2012

European Capital of Culture.

With Jaime Sarró

«There are economical and social situations in which it seems more than

reasonable to convert the useless into useful.»

1- 4 The citizens experience

Previous page: The city center of Guimarães

THE W_HOLE PERFORMANCE

The city of Guimarães has witnessed a

chaotic, complex and polemic urban

transformation over the last few

months. But, at the same time, in social

terms, has been a fascinating and

magnetic transformation.

We continuously find many and large

groups of people around the different

intervention areas, being these areas

either bigger or smaller in scale.

These are situations of mere

contemplation of the work in progress,

casual rendezvous which breed like

meetings in a coffee bar, people who

discuss the benefits these could bring

to the community, or people who seem

to be envisioning the final outcome.

Such are manifold and much

differentiated situations, but they

nonetheless share a common

characteristic: they take place around

the areas undergoing transformations

of the urban scenery. This allure is an

intense one and it works as a centre of

social attraction. If we dig into our

visual memories, we will see that this

phenomenon now occurring on the

streets of Guimarães actually pretty

much anywhere, in our street, our city,

in other cities and in other countries.

If the transformation of the urban

scenery has this great ability to

generate social activity around it, why

not then keep this situation over the

entire course of this event's time

period?

1: The performer

2: The hole

3: The guards

4: The performance

5: The result

Reduced to its minimum expression: a

worker; a simple operation (a hole in

the ground); and the setup of the

necessary protections. The operation

will last just long enough so as to

generate the desired expectations and

curiosity. On completion, the worker

will start the same operation

elsewhere, he will close the initial hole

and disassemble the protections,

resuming the operation on a new

settlement. Thus will turn into a

continuous process of permanent

assembly and disassembly all over

town.

THE (GREEN)HOUSE

The idea

in/out

in/between/out

1: Conceptual plan of location

2: Conceptual scheme of the building

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This Project aims to requalify a small

house built for more than 50 years. The

house is located in a rural zone it was

also used as a place to support

agriculture activities. Without any

conditions to be used as a habitation it

was decided to augment the house at

the 1st floor level through the

displacement of the southwest wall.

Once the house was visually

permeable by other houses, it was

decided to create a free space

between the old granite walls on the

1st floor and the new interior spaces.

Like this there are always a layer

between interior and exterior. Because

the new building will be occupied by

farmers, it was created a greenhouse

at the top of the building.

Plans

a: Living room

b: Kitchen

c: Wc

d: Bedroom

e: Office

f: Greenhouse

Groundfloor First floor

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North view

Southeast view

Mockups

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1: Cross section

2: Longitudinal section

Sections

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Elevations and perspective

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1: Perspective

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Southeast elevation

Southwest elevation

afterbefore

COLLABORATORarchitecture

During 16 months I collaborated as

assistant in the research projects of

Prof. Gonçalo Furtado. During this time

I also participated in the organization

of 3 exhibitions at the Oporto

University and in the project for a

urban shelter.

(The image was courtesy of Prof.

Gonçalo Furtado)

Arch. Prof. Gonçalo Furtado

Model from a shelter board

fabricated by milling process

T&Esquadro, Arq. Assoc., Lda

Hotel in the Douro area

I did an internship during 3 months

in the office T&Esquadro, V.N. Gaia.

During this time I participated in the

construction administration from a

Hotel in the Douro area, I worked on

the design development for a

collective housing in Baião and I also

did the preliminary design of a house

rehabilitation in Viana do Castelo.

(The image was courtesy of

T&Esquadro, Arq. Assoc. Lda)

Claudio Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers

5th prize

I worked 6 months in «Claudio

Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers».

In the competition for the headquarters

of AMI I was responsable to organise

the AMI kindergarten and the

construction of the mockup

(The image was courtesy of

Claudio Vilarinho

Arquitectos e Designers)

youngest team awarded

International competition for the

headquarters of AMI

Cascais, Portugal 2008

In this project I was responsable for

the p

of three houses.

reliminary design and design

development

(The image was courtesy of

Claudio Vilarinho

Arquitectos e Designers)

House complex - Valença

Claudio Vilarinho Arquitectos e Designers

Atelier du Prado

I did an internship during 3 months

in «Atelier du Prado» Marseille.

During this time I was part of the

team that project the new North

Hospital. In this project I

participated in the detail phase of the

diferent rooms. During this internship I

also worked on the preliminary design

for an apartment refurbishment and I

also did a model for a car park, both in

Marseille.

On this page: Hospital entrance

(The image was courtesy of Atelier du

Prado)

“L’Hôpital du Nord” - Marseille

architectureACADEMIC

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The process

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1: Location plan

2: Sketch from the local

The building location is at the end of

the urban zone of espinho near the

beach. For this reason it was

necessary that this equipment works

as a landmark at this point of the city. It

was decided that the best position for

the building would be at the end of the

street near the beach.

The different rooms are organized

around courtyards and in the most part

of the times receiving north light or

indirect light so it can be created a

good ambience for lecturing and other

activities.

Plans

1.1 Hall entrance

1.2 Children’s room

1.3 Room for adults

1.4 Toilet for children

1.5 Toilet for adults

1.6 Staff toilets

1.7 Storage

1.8 Technical area

1.9Informatic room

1.10 Room for documents maintenance

1.11 Documents storage

1.12 Courtyard

Ground floor plan

2.1 Conference room

2.2 Atelier of expression for children

2.3 Room for adults

2.4 Animation area for children

2.5 Storage

2.6 Office

2.7 Director’s office

2.8 Meeting room

2.9 Terrace

1st floor plan

Plans

East elevation

The building himself is characterized

for a set of courtyards that illuminates

in an indirect way the different rooms of

the library.

Elevations

North elevation

BIBLIOTECA MUNICIPAL DE ESPINHO

1: Section Aa

2: Section Dd

Sections

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COLLECTIVE HOUSING IN PORTO

1: Location plan

2: Location sketche

Location plan

This collective housing project aims to

address essentially to two points: firstly

to enhance and consolidate the urban

context in which it operates and

secondly, to create housing typologies

exceptions that could enhance the

building. The shape of the building has

much to do with the presence of the

viaduct in which it exists. This element,

not frequent in the urban scene, plays

a unique role in this area of Porto. The

strong circulation road that passes

through it, "draws up" motion lines that

influenced the design of the building.

The sloping roof of the building

generates typologies that allow the

creation of garden terraces thereby

diversifying the housing supply.

Boavista roundabout2nd center of Porto

Zone of intervention Highway2

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Ground floor plan

Plan & Elevation

1: South elevation

2: 1st floor plan

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1: Longitudinal section

2: Detail b

3: Detail of the balcony

4: Detail a

Section & details

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Granite flooring

Wood bar

Cooper plate

Waterproof barrier

40mm thermal insulation

Smoothing mortar

Cement mortar

Concrete

Plastering

Cooper casque

Cement block

Wood

Geotextile felt

Marble

Wood floor

Cork layer

Waterproofing mortar

L metal profile

Metal guide for exterior doors

Guard

Deck

Waterproof barrier

Water flowing off box

Lioz rock

Schist flooring

Sand dust

Sand

Stone pitching

Drainage layer

Drain pipe

Smooth concrete

Concrete mortar

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South elevation of the module

1st and 2nd floor of the module

Habitation module

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a: Bedroom

b: Wc

c: Storage room

d: Laundry

e: Kitchen

f: Living room

part2. Design & Digital Fabrication

product designACADEMIC

MAT Mouse Air TrackBallWith Jaime Sarró

The MATmouse presented here meets

all the requirements of its intended use

and adds to their performances other

forms of combined use. Proper

ergonomics are also applied and the

possibility of use with both hands it

achieves the objectives defined as

premises with a few pieces of easy

production and simple assembly, so

that the MAT is economical in its

manufacture, functional and versatile in

its performance, and competitive in

market. The product, if produced in

silicon, is presented as a very suitable

option for data entry into machine

tools. Besides the versatility of the

material, it allows for the intensive use

with high protection impact and

exposure to liquids.

A mouse that can

be adapted to

both hands

LED STREET LIGHT

Function and form are inseparable in

this project. The street light consists of

an aluminum structure made by

extrusion process and is designed for

being a single piece where all the other

elements can be easily assembled. The

design shape of this aluminum body

was also considered to dissipate the

heat generated by the light. The

extrusion production also has the

advantage of allowing different sizes

without a significant augment in cost.

MATERIAL

FUNCTION

FORM

MAGNETIC TOASTER

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The creation of a toaster that could be

easily washed was one of the premises

for this project. For this reason the

system to generate heat is an induction

instead of a common resistance

system. With this, it was possible to

split the toaster in two parts: one where

all the electrical components and

are situated and the

other where the heat will be generated.

This part is compost of two plates of

iron covered by a layer of cork and a

polymer.

the

magnetic field

CLASSROOM FURNITUREWith Catarina Violante

In this project we develope a table for

a class room equipied with the

possibility to access to internet, view

media contents, interaction with other

students and also that could be used

as a normal table.

The table consists in a top part made

by plastic injection and four legs made

by aluminium extrusion.

UPR68digital fabrication

1: Stereolithographic part of the model (1:200)

3-10: Diferent steps to produce a stereolithographic model

2: Stereolithographic part of the model (1:20)

The project for creating a Rapid

Prototyping Unity(RPU) in Oporto,

Portugal, has been inserted in

multidisciplinary actions of LIDERA's

program of University of Porto, which

develops skills of interaction between

academic and economic fields.

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RAPID PROTOTYPING

MILLING PROCESS

Milling board process for a

terrain model (1:500)

The project was oriented to the areas

of Design and Architecture, and

pretends to look for the interference

between fields of design, academic

research and business.

This Unity should provide support to

professionals and students in the

specific problem of translating of its

physical creative proposals, as well as

developing a research agenda, related

with the creative process and the

physical representation of models.

Papers

1-4: Conferences where papers were sibmitted

The team:

António Carvalho

André Chaves

Cristina Lemos

Lia Moreira

Luis Caló

Pedro Flores

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Prof. Gonçalo Furtado

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graphic designFREELANCER

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