Diogo Machado Batista - Architecture Portfolium

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

2012

Project: Campo das Cebolas / Doca da Marinha The Competition for Campo das Cebolas in Lisbon was the first in which I was involved as team coordinator. Among my activities were early sketch-

es of the urban plan for the place: it was intended to articulate the most iconic square in Lisbon - Terreiro do Paço - with the future Cruises terminal.

“Framing” the riverfront, would be the existing dock, to be dedicated to Navy historic vessels. Praising the historical front of the old town (Alfama) and its relation with the Tagus River seemed to us to be evidence, making us question the briefing program which called for 4 storeys high car silo. Fulfilling all remaining program assumptions, we proposed a gentle terrain rise instead. Creating an amphitheater, it would arrange cars underneath it, in a wider but less disruptive presence , thus favoring the pedestrians. Being one of two competitors to question the silo height, our proposal ultimately “inspired” the winner of the competition to reduce its silo, the one to become reality in a few years.

COMPETITION (4th place)

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Project: Escola Superior de Enfermagem (Nursing school)

2014

In this competition I was assigned part of the model making and once more the first plan sketches, discussing closely with the landscape architect the

relation of the building with its surroundings. I learned that this would have to be a delicate process, as many trees would have to disappear to give way for the new building.

Also this is where my mother studied to become a nurse, so this competition became especially dear to me.

The mass of the proposed building responds to the existing student residence, creating a small square that receives and welcomes people. Class, demonstration rooms and offices would occupy the upper floors, protected by a seemingly opaque mesh. The ground floor, however creates a transparent open space: reading and study rooms as well as the library would be close related with the small existing woods, from which we decided to keep a large pine tree located in front of the entrance of the current residence building.

There would be a granted access to ambulances so that students could deal with real life emergencies. There would be a mostly pedestrian path leading through a garden, to a paved square that articulate the building of the 60’s with the new school building. From it would be possible to see the coffee shop terrace next to a water mirror, creating a pleasant living space, thus offering the necessary relaxation to an emotionally demanding job.

The square would be framed by small trees planted on the roof of the underground parking, which would be landscaped, creating gentle slopes towards the paved square. The large pine is both the protagonist, “anchoring” the square, and the “pivot” through which one enters the new building: an open, bright space invites us to enter.

COMPETITION (4th place)

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Project: Pinheiro da Cruz Golf Resort

2013

The main goal of the plan was to design of a 18 holes golf course resort. It included a hotel, aparthotel, residences and touristic allotments. We worked

together with a team specialized in the design and construction of golf courses “Golfdesign” in order to conceive a suitable layout, as close as possible to the landscape, working with and on the limits set by nature protection legislation.

It was an interesting exercise of urbanism which required an extensive reading of the topography and an elegant adaptation of the necessary street layout to the landscape morphology. One of the greatest extent works in which I ‘ve participated.

MASTERPLAN + ARCHITECTURE

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Project: Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Serpa

2014

This time, we had the opportunity to intervene on a existing infrastructure. Within the walls of the Castle, it was demanded for a small archaeological museum to accommodate several important artifacts from excavations around the regions of Serpa. We were called to design the interior museum furniture, exterior plinths for larger pieces, archaeological illustration, multimedia content, as well as all the signage and new logo for the museum. Our goal was to obtain a conceptual whole.

After we’ve received the first prize, we had the demanding job of selecting talented people to help us complete the task.

COMPETITION (1st Place) + PROJECT

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Project: Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Serpa

2015

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t was a difficult by very interesting process, as the architecture team had to be in the center, coordinating a larger team of graphic designers, illustrators, filmakers and museologists, as well as working alongside the local archaeologists to make sure the proposal would effective back up and help communicate the context and use of the artifacts. We had the conviction that this communication could be broadened to younger audiences by inviting the illustrator to come up with something out of comic book type of illustration. We also worked alongside the filmaker João Botelho who delivered the most interesting view of the Serpa region, offering us a 10 minutes film “Nos Campos em Volta” with his personal vision from its history.

For the exterior I was assigned with the design of the various plinths so that they would suggest the original context for each particular archaeological piece, as well as integrate the signage conceived with the graphic design team.

This was a unique, interesting and different approach to the project, strongly affected by various interpretations of history. It allowed me to truly broaden my understanding of architecture and design as the support to the most various uses, specially education.

COMPETITION (1st Place) + PROJECT

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Office: SOUZA OLIVEIRA, Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Project: Altis Condes Da Calheta

2016

Altis Hotels was interested in transforming this important palace in some special hotel. We understand from the start that the building’s interiors were of some value, and whatever that might be built should try and avoid touching the existing walls and ceiling. We came up with an sort of infrastructured “nucleum” made of steel, glass and wood that could stand alone using only minor connections to the floor and then to the walls. A challenging but interesting process in which the detailing was of absolute importance due to the restrictions of space, in search of a functional but elegant solution.

PREVIOUS STUDY + DETAILING

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Office: HEMISFÉRIO SUL, Arquitectos associados

Project: Baia de Luanda (Luanda Bay) - Commercial Premises

2012

My first experience working for abroad, the project was to create the containers where restaurants, bars, public toilets and small stores would function.

A repeatable, modular design was demanded, that could fit in an optimized production and cost, and ultimately ensure a even image throughout the Baia de Luanda, in Angola.

We came up with a box and a shade structure, both inscribed in a 5 meter trapezium, that would set the matrix to which multiple structures would develop. Different combinations could be arranged, according to different services’ needs.

COMPETITION (1st Place) + ARCHITECTURE

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Office: HEMISFÉRIO SUL, Arquitectos associados

Project: Baia de Luanda (Luanda Bay) - Commercial Premises

2014/2015

The construction of the commercial premises was a demanding but relatively continuous process. We worked together with Jular Madeiras, a large and

experienced company in timber construction, whose background became obvious a relatively regular process without any mishaps. The preparation work was also a learning process for the team Jular, finding constructive solutions together with the architecture team.

From testing the structure in wood scale models, engineers and carpenters easily moved to the full-scale prototyping, and after the assignement, to mass production and building on site.

PROJECT + CONSTRUCTION

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3D MODELING and RENDERING

PHOTOSHOP

Urban Detailed Plan for Vila Real

Urban Detailed Plan for Vila Real

Urban Plan for Campolide Campus University - Universidade Nova, Lisbon

Urban Plan for Campolide Campus in Lisbon (PPRUCC) - Sketchup 3D Modeling

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

Residential units in Vila Real - Autocad 3D Modeling, V-Ray Rendering, Photoshop

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LUSĂ?ADA UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

Thesis: Identity of Riparian Urban Structures

2011

Investigation of some cases (contribution to an urban lexicon)

Studying the identity of an urban structure is always an exciting topic. The way space is shaped by the approach of a culture facing its surroundings and

its resources is an vast issue, always present theme in architecture.

This research does not seek to bring up a straight answer, but rather to contribute on the reflection on urban structures of mediterranean origin in connection with water, framing the study into three subjects: mediation between land and water; density; intimacy. This writing is the product of the reflection on these issues.

This dissertation deepens the research that generated the final proposal in Project III: the study of specific and relatable urban cases from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, when the urban reality was mostly pedestrian. It is our attempt to address this subject through the development of six cases that establish the conceptual grounding of the project III proposal, and expose the way we see and interpret them. The analysis of each case was made, not through what could be just a cold and detached analysis of its design, but through their real spacial experience. Because they are poorly studied structures under this point of view, we attempted to decode a bit of its history, including its origins. However, spacial analysis is made in the present time, including all elements that have developed around it, even if they compromise the matters set forth, as its connection with water, and its importance in its genesis and development.

Ultimately, the search for a pure sense of identity represented a lesson in humility, for it raised language and classification issues, difficult to uncover.

UNIVERSITY

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