Armazem Cowork

Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro

ARMAZEM COWORK

oitoo

ARCHITECTS
oitoo

MANUFACTURERS
Graphisoft, Aleluia Cerâmicas, Amorim, Ikea, Saint-gobain, Isea

CLIENT
Porto Novo SA

ENGINEERING
NCREP

PLOT SIZE
630.0 m2

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ricardo Loureiro

AREA
416 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Porto, Portugal

CATEGORY
Refurbishment, Cowork Interiors

Text description provided by architect.

An old warehouse in Porto which was vacant for 44 years, with an anonymous ground floor underneath a residential multi-storey building, in a neighbourhood slowly abandoned by commerce and businesses in the last decades. 

Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro
Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro

oitoo brought it back to life as armazem cowork.This project is a reflection on the hidden qualities of often unused ground floor spaces and showcases the design methodology potentiality as a catalyst of reactivation.

The project hopes to demonstrate the underlying qualities and opportunities of unused ground floors and remake the collective opinion of these spaces often tainted by a poor public perception as unsafe and unfit for inhabiting or working.

Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro
Armazem Cowork

If these spaces remain unoccupied, street life will continue to be absent.

Walking on a sidewalk amidst neglected, empty stores is a harrowing experience, and emptiness breeds poor use of public space, resulting in disquieting, seedy streets.

Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro
Armazem Cowork
© Ricardo Loureiro

The change of use from former warehouse to co-working office will hopefully contribute to the reactivation of the street level as a lively space.

A buffer space mediates street and working areas and acts as a display for businesses inside; in the back, a surprising garden allows for perfect outdoor work or leisure moments.

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Armazem Cowork
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