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Santa Cruz by João Nuno Macedo

Colorful spaces designed for students

Santa Cruz by João Nuno Macedo
Photography by © Ivo Tavares

João Nuno Macedo designed this innovative residential building designed for students in Braga, Portugal. Take a look at the complete story after the jump.

Santa Cruz by João Nuno Macedo
Photography by © Ivo Tavares

From the architects: In the beginning there were two single-story houses, unproportioned in the street context which in itself is characterized by a cold, gray and misfit appearance in its constituent buildings with decontextualized images and striking façades. The buildings ranged from typical historic buildings to others that were more contemporary or pointed towards that intention. The idea was to simplify with clean and sober lines, something that would find itself without emphasis, something light, something that would adapt to the immense possible futures that the street may have.

The building appears as a volume at the street level, that gets suspended in its inner quarter over the basement floor, where the parking lot is located. Basically, it’s a suspended volume without interfering with the neighboring ones.

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The building is developed/ designed for a university market “target”, so its interior is defined by this concept, through apartments with a simple set of plans, and other more avant-garde elements working in perfect harmony.

Santa Cruz by João Nuno Macedo
Photography by © Ivo Tavares

Through the use of color, it is provoked a sense of living, that doesn’t cause restrictions but turns the place fluid to the several contexts this typology might have. It felt imperative to attribute character to this interior space, enabling to be someone’s space, someone who is starting a new academic or professional life or even just passing temporarily, this should be the space that allows them to feel as their own place, their home for the time being.

Project name: Santa Cruz
Office: joão nuno macedo, arquitectos
Architects: João Nuno Macedo – www.joaonunomacedo.com

Location:Braga
Conclusion year:2019
Build Area (m2): 1296.60
Client: Privado

Photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio – www.ivotavares.net

List of Manufacturers

1. Construtor: ATRITO – Engenharia e Construções Lda.
2. Engineer: BIFLAT – EngenhariaLda.

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