AFONSOGONÇALVES PORTFOLIO
AfonsoGonçalves Architect (M.Arch, OA, ARB) Birth: 29th June 1988 (27) Address: 150 Munster Road, SW6 5RD London, UK Tel: +44 (0)74 9046 6402 Email: afogoncalves@gmail.com Web: www.afogoncalves@gmail.com work: 2015 2015 2014/15 2013/2014 Architect Research Assistant and Consultant Freelance 3D Modelling and visualization Architectural Assistant AND Architects Ltd INESC-ID SONAE Sierra Arquigrupo - Arquitectura e Planeamento Lda London, UK Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal Oporto, Portugal education: 2013-2014 Advanced Studies Course in Computation Applied to Architecture, Urban Planning and Design University of Lisbon - Architecture Faculty of Architecture 2006-2011 Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture University of Lisbon - Instituto Superior Técnico affiliations: 2015 2014 Architects Registration Board - United Kingdom Association of Architects (OA) - Portugal No. 084897B No. 22030
languages: Native Proficiency Basic Portuguese English German, French and Spanish IT:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Revit, InDesign, Rhino, Microstation, VRay
technical:
Architectural and Urban design, technical detailing, planning and tender execution, Construction, CAD/CAM, BIM, Parametric Design, 3D Modelling and Visualization, Building Conservation, Sustainable Design and Assessment, Research and investigation.
Contents
01 02 03 04 Education 05 Installation 06 07 Urban 08 09 Residential
Single Family House in Barrocal
Public Housing in Chelas
House in Vila Nova de Gaia
Modular Timber Shelter
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Mealhada School Centre Pag. 12 TRIMO Urban Crash 2010 - The Life Stand
Sofalca Cork Pavilion
Rato’s Market Redevelopment
Rio 2016 Olympics Sugarloaf
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Single Family House in Barrocal Residential (New Build) Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal 2009 495 sqm
info: Sheltered by rock formations and vegetation, the floor plan develops along an L-shape, along a corridor that functions as the supporting ‘spine’ of the entire proposal and which allows access to all its spaces. The house is divided into two separate volumes: the first where the private areas are located (bedrooms) and a second one where we find the living areas, namely the living and dining rooms, kitchen and office / library. Through traditional materials and formal discourse of the construction it was intended to provide a sense of tranquillity, privacy, serenity and silence. The predominant combination of materials are the smooth concrete floors and the white rendered walls, occasionally interrupted my granite masonry walls. All furniture and frames are made from oak timber not only because of its texture but also because of its abundance in this part of the country. By using local wood I hoped to achieve a sense of belonging that would otherwise have been lost if foreign materials had been specified. On the inside light is the great protagonist, flooding the interior spaces in vast quantities through large floor to ceiling openings. On the outside, very few details distract a passerby’s attention from the surrounding beauty, reigned by towering granite formations that rise from the ground on a par with the oaks and olive groves. Beauty and harmony between construction and landscape was thus sought through simplicity.
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Ground floor plan
South elevation
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Pubic Housing in Chelas Residential (Social Housing + BIM) Lisbon, Portugal 2009 14761 sqm
info: In the centre of Lisbon, a hinge and transition area between Areeiro and Olaias, there’s a small valley with steep slopes and with a privileged relationship with the Bela Vista Park and the Afonso Costa Avenue. To the north, the Sintra and Azambuja railway line has a very strong presence as well. The program for this project consisted of a housing project for this site, seeking a way to articulate this valley with the surrounding area and to also explore the opportunity to regenerate a section of the city mostly marked by social housing. In formal terms, the project consists of four pairs of buildings, placed on the east slope of the valley in order to give continuity to the existing buildings on this site. The set of eight buildings have three different typologies with respect to its shape, size and type of housing units. Although different, they all have a similar organization and formal language. The ordering principle of the proposal followed a principle of strict relation with both the built environment that flanks the site to the south and the slopes of the valley to the north and west, seeking, whenever possible, to favour certain points of view and to maintain, with the neighbouring buildings, good relationships of height, size, continuity and alignment. In addition to the proposed buildings it was also sought to provide the site with large public spaces and commercial areas that are scarce in this location.
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General overviews - Revit + SketchUp + SU Podium
Building Typology 1 Building footprint: 484 sqm | Number of storeys: 4 | Building height: 16.7 m | Number of flats: 12 | Type of flats: T1
Building Typology 2 Building footprint: 363 sqm | Number of storeys: 9 | Building height: 33.2 m | Number of flats: 14 | Type of flats: T1 & T2
Building Typology 3 Building footprint: 841 sqm | Number of storeys: 12 | Building height: 46.4 m | Number of flats: 17 | Type of flats: T2 & T3
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House in Vila Nova de Gaia Housing (Rufurbishment + Extension) Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal 2014 1141 sqm
info: This is a project I collaborated on while working at Arquigrupo. The client had an old farm house in a relatively large plot of land (1141 sqm) right next to a small river and commissioned a refurbishment of the existing two storey building and an extension. In our proposal, the existing building would accommodate the sleeping areas on the top floor and large open storage area on the ground floor. The designed extension, on the eastern side of the existing building, would have the kitchen, dining and living areas. Underneath these areas, on the lower ground floor, we also proposed a small garage equipped with washing facilities which could be easily accessed through the outside. When I left Arquigrupo the project was about to start the postplanning stage and my involvement ranged from surveying the site to putting together the necessary drawing packages (concepts, detail and specifications) and 3D modelling.
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Roof plan
First floor plan
Ground floor plan
Lower ground floor plan
Section detail
aluminum casement with thermal break with laminated and tempered double glazing
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exposed board formed concrete with light grey colour
exposed board formed concrete, with light grey colour
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exposed board formed concrete, with light grey colour
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zinc roof with 5% pitch, draining membrane and 80 mm rigid insulation
zinc capping with draining sill plasterboard suspended ceiling with white paint finish
bush-hammered granite brickwork wall 70mm cavity
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60mm rigid insulation
concrete brick wall with white paint finish self-leveling screed
gravel
60x1,5mm skirting boad with white lacquered finish
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60mm rigid insulation damp proof mastic asphalt
concrete floor slab 60mm rigid insulation
60mm thick mastic asphalt 0.54
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ventilation grille
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concrete floor slab
screed
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screed
perforated drainage pipe with granular backfill
perforated drainage pipe with granular backfill
ground level
ground level
concrete foundation
concrete foundation
binding
binding
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Modular Timber Shelter Residential (Experimental) Unspecified 2014 ≤ 50 sqm
info: This project explores the design of small/medium sized dwellings or shelters as a possible and effective solution for shelter shortages that usually follows in the wake of a natural disaster. The shelters here proposed are based on a modular system composed of a timber portico structure to which panels can be easily added. All components are treated as individual and prefabricated elements that can be easily packed, shipped and assembled. The intention was to design a flexible and functional program based on the “do it yourself� model. The portal frame results from the modular coordination between beams and pillars, (both with a 16x16 cm section), designed to form a modular structure with a minimum and maximum span of 192 cm and 272 cm respectively. Hence, the structural beams have two dimensions that limit the size of the modular system. The beams connect to the pillars through means of concealed fittings that are of easy access to allow the structure and modules to be changed at any given time. The combination of these elements it is possible to obtain three different structural modules of 192x192x257 cm, 192x272x257 cm and 272x272x257 cm. The possibility to change the structure and modules was a determinant premise to this project since it is predictable that in some cases these shelters, which are thought to act as immediate and temporary dwellings, may in time acquire a more permanent nature if the occupants decided they wish to turn these shelters into a permanent home. In that case, additional modules can be added to enhance the basic shelter and increase its comfort and space.
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Simulation model - SketchUp + VRay
Assembly stages and details: 01. Assembly stage I - Bottom structure 1. Ground 2. In-situ cast concrete foundation 3. Solid timber pilar 4. Solid timber joist 5. Foundation fitting 6. Pilar fitting 7. Joist fasteners 8. Wall panel connectors 9. Wall panel fastenres
02. Assembly stage II - Wall panels 1. Foundation 2. Solid timber pilar 3. Solid timber joist 4. SIPS Wall panel 5. Floor planel with desired finish 6. Floor steel rods 7. Wall panel connectors 8. Door panel sill 9. Wall panel fittings
03. Assembly stage III - Top structure 1. Solid timber pilar 2. SIPS wall panels 3. Top joists fittings 4. Top joist connectors 5. Top wall panel connectors 6. Solid timber joist 7. Joist fastners 8. Ceiling steel rods 9. Ceiling panel 10. Roof connector 11. Roof support
04. Assembly stage IV - Roof 1. Solid timber pilar 2. SIPS wall panel 3. Ceiling panel 4. Roof connector 5. Horizontal roof joist 6. Vertical roof joist (middle) 7. Vertical roof joist (end) 8. Gutter 9. Roof panel 10. Waterproofing membrane
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Mealhada School Centre Education (Kindergarten + Primary School) Mealhada, Portugal 2014 8464 sqm
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info: This is another project I participated in while working at Arquigrupo. The practice has a very wide portfolio of education projects and this particular one, for a kindergarten and primary school, is located in Mealhada, North of Portugal, and was commissioned by the Mealhada city council. This educational complex is composed of two detached bodies, one for the kindergarten located on the west side of the site and a larger one for the primary school on the east side. In the centre, a large courtyard/playground brings the entire set together in a coherent way. The body for the primary school also houses the teacher’s rooms, a medium community centre and a sports pavilion. The kindergarten body houses the school cafeteria and library. The construction, now in the later stages of completion, uses a simple system of light concrete brickwork to which a outside ETICS layer is attached to provide needed insulation. The outside is render white and occasionally cladded in granite tiles. On the inside there was a greater liberty with the choice of materials, such as coloured ceramic tiles for the washing facilities and coloured cork panels and vinyl flooring for the classrooms. All the fittings, doors, frames and furniture were specified to the highest standard of quality and safety. My involvement in this project was predominantly working on the drawing packages for planning and tender, which involved producing detailed sections, outlying the accessibility and emergency evacuation routes, FF&E specification, door and window scheduling, carpentry detailing and ultimately aiding in the preparation of the design access statement, plan of works and bill of quantities.
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Legend: Outside
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1. Entrance 2. Central courtyard 3. Sport grounds 4. Playground 5. Garden 6. Covered playground
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Primary School 7. Community center 8. Classrooms 9. Gymnasium Kindergarten
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Section detail
All photos are property of Arquigrupo - Arquitectura e Planeamento Lda. www.arquigrupo.pt
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06 type: location: year: area:
3D simulations - SketchUp + VRay
TRIMO Urban Crash 2010 The Life Stand Installation (Competition) Ljubljana, Slovenia 2010 260 sqm
info: The “TRIMO Urban Crash 2010 – A Life Stand” was a competition launched in 2010 by TRIMO, challenging architecture students to conceive a public installation in Nova Fuzine, a residential neighbourhood in Ljubliana, using materials manufactured by TRIMO. The intended purpose for the submitted proposals was to come up with a solution for complex architectural issues common to many European regions. The project was designed in collaboration with architects Sérgio Melo and Miguel Carvalho, both fellow students at that time. Our proposal was based on the idea of a hybrid structure, rigid but at the same time easily manipulated and transformed to better suit the different activities that usually take place in that area: gastronomical fairs, sport events and other cultural events and gatherings. The proposed installation is formed by three modules, a central module to accommodate services and technical installations and two flanking spaces proposed as multipurpose exhibition areas. The facades of these spaces are composed of movable and removable panels that can be easily manipulated by its users in order to configure the interior and exterior spaces according to the requirements of each event or gathering. On the outside, additional telescopic stands near the sports fields, resting and gathering areas were also envisaged.
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Sofalca Cork Pavillion Competition - 1st prize Installation (Competition + Experimental) Unspecified 2015 18 sqm
info: Sofalca is a Portuguese manufacturer of expanded cork agglomerate solutions for use in construction. They have also been actively committed in recent years to exploring the use of cork in the fields of design and architecture. In 2014 they launched a competition to design a small exhibition pavilion which would explore both the use of cork as a self-supporting construction material and the use of digital fabrication methods. The project was to be designed in the Visual Programming environment Grasshopper and the design brief requested: the solution could not exceed a footprint of 6x6 m, it had to be made almost entirely out of dark cork blocks (additional materials were allowed yet restricted), the solution should be the most efficient possible and not produce unnecessary waste. This project was a collaboration work between me, architect Rui de Klerk and designer Nuno Monge. Our proposal consists in a vault-shaped form which seemed the best solution for meeting the self-supporting requirement and would also be compatible with the use for exhibitions since it allowed easy flow of people through it. A pavilion entirely made of cork would look bulky and heavy so in order to convey a sense of lightness we modelled the walls so as to be slender near the edges and thick enough at the core to support its own weight. The thickness is variable and follows a sine wave profile. Our Grasshopper file was equipped to allow modifications to be made to the shape and also the amount of material needed for its construction. These efficiency parameters were crucial for this proposal to have been chosen by Sofalca since they were interested in the fact that we could very easily control construction and fabrication costs and also keep track of all wasted material. One challenge was finding a way to fabricate the cork blocks due to the double-curvature of the pavilion wall surfaces. This meant the each block would have to be milled on both sides and not just one. For getting the alignment right on the CNC machine we designed a solution where the pavilion bricks were attached to a frame that would later be removed. As a proof-ofconcept we fabricated one brick using this method and showed the client it was possible to fabricate the pavilion. 16 |
Fabrication planning - Rhino + Grasshopper
Proof of concept fabrication - CNC milled black agglomerate cork
Grasshopper algorythm
3D printed model
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Rato’s Market Redevelopment Urban, Residential, Offices, Commercial, Culture, Transport Lisbon, Portugal 2010 12445 sqm
info: The area of intervention for this project was a city block located in Rato, bounded by the streets Alexandre Herculano, S. Filipe Neri and Rodrigo Fonseca; a block where the Rato’s market and Auto-Palace garage are located. It’s an urban area where the complex topography, the scale of empty spaces, the interconnections with the surrounding urban fabric and the relation between private and public proprieties constituted themes for reflection and research. The programmatic content foresaw the design of dwellings, an office building, a cultural building and the redesign of the public spaces in between. Another important aspect that greatly structured the proposal was the required connection with the Rossio railway line that passes right underneath this city block, at 50m below ground level. With the necessity of avoiding unhealthy and claustrophobic spaces the proposal grew out of a subtraction exercise, trying whenever possible to provide the designed spaces with great openness and transparency. Occupying the inner block in almost all of its extension the proposal consist of a buried volume with openings on each side and in the middle, made of several levels of mixed uses. A new, more spacious and open market would be located on the first floor, the second floor would be dedicated to varied retail services and the third and fourth floors would be dedicated to the train interface and connection with Rato’s metro station. On the northern most part of this volume I proposed a cultural space with the same number of floors.
Urban analysis:
01. Storey connection with the inner area
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02. Private/Public properties
03. Building heights
04. Number of storeys
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Rio 2016 Olympics Sugarloaf Installation Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2015 20552 sqm
info: While working at AND Architects we were designing a multipurpose pavilion for the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pavilion itself takes its shape from an iconic mountain range in Rio, popularly named ‘Sugarloaf’ due to two hills shape. In terms of constructability it was to be built using a lightweight steel structure with ETFE inflatable panels. The client also intended on having the pavilion installed on a different location after the Olympic games, in an open area near the Santos Dumont Airport were a large redevelopment plan was already underway. The site would accommodate the Sugarloaf pavilion together with a Beer Garden, a Multimedia Dome, a ferries wheel and a food truck park. Due to the client failing to find a source of funding for the project, in great part cause by the recent political and economic instability in Brazil, the project had to be put on hold indefinitely.
Sugarloaf site masterplan - AutoCAD + Photoshop
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General Overview
Foodtruck Park
Biergarten
Illustration model - SketchUp + Photoshop
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Brixton Highschool Music Hall
Tagus Outdoor Theater
Single Family House in Barrocal
Library in GuimarĂŁes
Restaurant in Vale de Cambra Rato’s market redevelopment
MDF fabricated waffle structure
Retro computer model Tagus Outdoor Theater
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Tagus Outdoor Theater Hand sketches Cork facade panels
Game level design - UnrealEd + SketchUp
Shopping Centre in Romania
Shopping Cnetre in Romania
BASALT Cork Pavillion BASALT Cork Pavillion
Cinema4D city model Small exhibition building
Script generated sculpture - AutoCAD + Rosetta
House in Vale de Cambra Upcycling Hub in Pembury
Tagus Outdoor Theater
Vector illustrations Subway tunnel - Blander
Unsorted Grasshopper algorythms
Script generated pavillion - AutoCAD + Rosetta
Game leve design - UnrealEd + SketchUp Seaside Restaurant in Cascais
House in Barrocal
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Afonso Gonรงalves 150 Munster Road SW6 5RD London, UK +44 (0)74 9046 6402 afogoncalves@gmail.com www.afogoncalves.wix.com/home