National Innovation Center

National Innovation Center
© José Campos

National Innovation Center

Joaquim Portela Arquitetos

CONSTRUCTION
Habinordeste – Sociedade de Construções, Lda

DESIGN TEAM
Marta Couto Rocha, Filipa Roque, Mafalda Martins, Emma Wang, Pedro Queirós, Patrícia Silva

STRUCTURE DESIGN
A400 – Projetistas e Consultores de Engenharia, Lda.

MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS
A400 – Projetistas e Consultores de Engenharia, Lda.

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
A400 – Projetistas e Consultores de Engenharia, Lda.

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Joaquim Portela

CLIENT
Câmara Municipal de Bragança

PHOTOGRAPHS
José Campos

AREA
596 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Bragança, Portugal

CATEGORY
Research

The Legal Innovation Center is located in the historic center of the city of Bragança.

National Innovation Center
© José Campos
National Innovation Center
© José Campos
National Innovation Center
© José Campos

This building suffered several interventions over the years, to adapt to the different functions required.

Some of these interventions defaced important areas of the building and required restoration.

Following the program required for the Legal Innovation Center, it was decided to enhance the relevant architectural features.

National Innovation Center
© José Campos
National Innovation Center
© José Campos
National Innovation Center
© José Campos

As this building is part of the urban agglomeration of the historic center of Bragança, it was proposed to maintain the volume of the existing building, keeping the main façade, the perimeter walls, rebuilding the roof with a wooden structure, the ceiling of the main room, the start of the stone stairs, the rear façade, the side shutters and the existing carpentry details.

The project concept was based on the principle of continuing the monumentality of the existing stone stairway.

National Innovation Center
© José Campos
National Innovation Center
© José Campos

It was decided to give the staircase a new life, not with the initial reducing purpose for which it was created – to cause an impact of monumentality on those who entered the building with a uniquely scenic character – but to extend this monumentality to the entire building, defining a way, which at the same time creates/distributes the intended program for the building’s new function, and make this program more interconnected by the visual and continuous communication that the route allows.

National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
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National Innovation Center
© José Campos


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Elevation
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National Innovation Center
Plan - First floor
National Innovation Center
Plan - Second floor
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Planta - Pavimento térreo


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National Innovation Center
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