LOURENÇO BRANCO
PORTFOLIO
CURRICULUM VITAE Born Address Phone Email Skype Linkedin
22nd November 1994, Lisbon, Portugal Quinta da Penha Longa, B6, Sintra, Portugal (+351) 911 727 401 lmbranco94@gmail.com loribranco linkedin.com/in/lourencobranco
E X P E R IE NC E
E DUCATI O N
ACHIEVEMENTS
Feb 2019 - Present
Sept 2015 - June 2017
2018
Saraiva + Associados Lisbon, Portugal
Master’s Degree in Architecture
Rethinking Oé-Cusse - Timor Leste Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
+ full-time internship + 5 star Resort in Algarve + plans / elevations / construction drawings + plan development
Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, Portugal Sept 2016 - June 2017
Publication of master’s thesis
Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 Extreme Lodge Lisbon, Portugal + facility for field scientists + structural design for extreme weather + structure conception + model-making Summer 2018 Girl Move EcoCampus Nampula, Mozambique + trainee architect + NGO school building + brick production
Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark Sept 2015 - June 2016 Sep 2012 - June 2015 Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, Portugal
2018 PROPOLAR Call 2018ww King George Island, Antarctica Winner - Polar Lodge 2017 Award “Álvaro Machado” Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon Finalist - Award attributed yearly to the best architecture student
W OR K S H OP S
SKI LLS
2017
AutoCAD (certified) Revit (certified) 3DS Max (certified) SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator InDesign MS Office
Carpentry Course Sintra, Portugal + introduction to essentials + fabrication of wood joints 2016 Wofie - Smart Cities Aalborg, Denmark + workshop for innovation + re-adapting disposable tech 2015 Reciprocal Structures Aalborg, Denmark + design of a wooden pavilion + manufacturing and assembling
HO BBI ES Traveling Astrophotography Scuba diving Football Tennis Crossfit
LANG U A GES
PORTUGUESE
ENGLISH
Native
Fluent
SPANISH
FRENCH
B2 Level
B2 Level
GERMAN B1 Level
PROJECTS
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GIRL MOVE ECOCAMPUS Nampula, Mozambique
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POLAR LODGE Collins Bay, King George Island, Antarctica
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INCREMENTAL HOUSING Pante Makassar, East Timor
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THE HANGER Aalborg, Denmark
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HATLEHOL CHURCH Ã…lesund, Norway
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01 GIRL MOVE ECOCAMPUS
Year: 2019 Promoter: GIRL MOVE Architecture: ROOTSTUDIO + Paz Braga Volunteer architect
NAMPULA MOZAMBIQUE
The building serves as the new headquarters for the non-profit organization “Girl Move” whose goal is to empower women in vulnerable contexts, by offering them courses to have access to opportunities to become role models and agents of positive transformation. The aim of the project was to design an inspiring, sustainable and low-cost building, rooted in the northern Mozambican context of Nampula. The EcoCampus was designed to be as efficient as possible and to be a symbol of women’s leadership, a reference to the world and a place of knowledge. It is a walled space, which develops its entire program indoors, around a central courtyard. The building consists of two distinct volumes: one housing the common areas, such as toilets, kitchen and storage; and a second serving the administration and logistics spaces, highlighting the main circular classroom directly linked with the courtyard. 6
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LOCATION
The site is located inside the University of Lúrio campus, close to the student residences and a medical post. As the region can reach high temperatures, the main goal is to keep the building cool by using materials available locally with a high thermal mass. The roofs were designed to allow cross ventilation and solar shading and to collect rainwater. 85% of the building’s construction is made out of brick produced in site using traditional techniques. Local students, volunteers and neighbours were invited to participate in the construction process, allowing knowledge to be shared. 8
CEMENT ROOF
ROOF STRUCTURE
BRICK WALLS
STONE FLOOR
FOUNDATIONS
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02 POLAR LODGE
Year: 2019 Promoter: PROPOLAR Architecture: Extreme Lodge Trainee Architect
K. GEORGE ISLAND ANTARCTICA
The main purpose was to build a sustainable prototype that allowed researchers to continuously carry out fieldwork away from permanent bases in Antarctica, during a time period up to two months. Within this unique climate, the lodge presents itself as a pioneer approach to tackle the extreme cold. The Polar Lodge was designed with a primary concern of proposing a zero carbon emission module. Other major concerns addressed were that it should be modular, easy to transport and fast to assemble by a minimum of two non-experts, resistant to strong winds, have minimum impact on the ecosystem, dry and warm, safe and comfortable, both physically and psychologically. The current design is an improvement of a first prototype, tested in the field, which was inspired by the traditional Yurt. It is the first module of its kind to able to withstand 200Km/h strong winds. 14
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LOCATION
The prototype was assembled in Collins Bay, in King George Island, next to the Collins glacier and close to the Chilean base Prof. Julio Escudero. The temperature in Antarctica’s coastline can vary between -20ºC to -30ºC during Winter, and 0ºC during Summer. Wind acts constantly in this remote area, and ends up being very harsh and unpredictable throughout the year. Even though being a pristine region, King George Island is also feeling the side effects of global warming. These can be witnessed by the rapid land defrost and continuous collapse of ice shelves.
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SECOND INSULATION
FIRST INSULATION
ROOF STRUCTURE
TRUSSED WALL
BASE FLOOR
OBJECTIVES
WEIGH LESS THAN 200KG
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200Kg
BE TRANSPORTABLE AND ASSEMBLED BY TWO
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WITHSTAND WINDS UP TO 220KM/H
220Km/h
PROVIDE THERMAL COMFORT
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03 INCREMENTAL HOUSING Year: 2017 Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico Subject: Master’s Thesis Project Individual project
PANTE MAKASSAR EAST TIMOR
The project’s purpose is to design an incremental modular house that can be built with local materials, based on a self-construction process to be implemented later in Pante Makassar, East Timor. Aware of the reality of its surroundings, the house integrates passive design strategies as a method to achieve a greater reduction in energy consumption, conferring a greater sustainability to its construction. Its implementation addresses factors such as the house’s orientation in relation to the prevailing winds and mitigation techniques against the high direct solar radiation. The project must be able to teach the local inhabitants to make use of their skills and knowledge so that they can individually expand the housing area from 2-bedrooms to 4-bedrooms. One other requirement was to integrate a Technical Wall in the architecture design as part of the infrastructure core of the house that works as the kitchen and bathroom wall. 20
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LOCATION
The site is located in the western part of Pante Makassar, separating two different realities of the territory: the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most developed area and the rural area. This separation is represented as a large urban void that is the result of massive flooding caused by a wide waterline and strong rainwater. Due to this characteristic, the site is currently deprived of housing. The site is bordered in the north by a marginal road and in the south by a large avenue. The site is demarcated in the east by an orthogonal mesh where the neighbouring lots are distributed, and in the west by one of widest waterlines of Pante Makassar. 22
EXISTING SITE
NEW N-S PATHS
NEW E-W PATHS
NEW MOBILITY SYSTEM
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BASE GRID
STRUCTURAL GRID
ELEVATED GRID
FINAL STRUCTURE
VOIDS INTO VOLUMES 25
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CROSS VENTILATION
THERMAL BUOYANCY
SOLAR SHADDING
FLOOD MITIGATION
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04 THE HANGER
Year: 2016 Institution: Aalborg University Subject: Sustainable Architecture Group project
AALBORG DENMARK
The project is a proposal for a sustainable zero energy dwelling that integrates social, functional, spatial and technical parameters in a holistically functioning design. The project is divided into various blocks containing a different user group (families/young couples, elderlies, students), that are connected by vertical accesses. It is suspended by an exoskeleton to avoid creating a wall barrier towards the street and to enhance the connection towards the public spaces. The exoskeleton acts as the spatial framework for organizing greenhouses on the rooftop, and as the structure for the balconies and photovoltaic panels. The whole complex holds zero energy-standard through the mixture of active and passive design strategies. It takes close considerations concerning climate, sun and daylight to provide apartments with fine daylight qualities and good indoor climate while at the same time reducing the need for supplied energy. 32
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LOCATION
The site is located in an industrialized and commercial area close to the city centre of Aalborg. It is demarcated by a housing block and Hjulmagervej to the North, the Boxit storage facility and Bødkervej to the West, the water channel and Gørtlervej to the South and the gas station and Sønderbro to the East. The site is surrounded in the northwest by housing units and at the southwest by commercial usage. Located within walking and bicycle distance are shops and supermarkets, schools and institutions of higher education. There is a good infrastructure surrounding the site including streets and public bus routes as well as bicycle lanes. 34
LIFTED VOLUME
BALCONIES AND ACCESSES
ROOFTOP GARDENS
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
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05 HATLEHOL CHURCH Year: 2015 Institution: Aalborg University Subject: Tectonic Design Group project
ÅLESUND NORWAY
The project consists of a new modern church and community centre for the citizens of Hatlehol. The final design must fulfil the needs of traditional sacred ceremonies and respect the architectural demands that define these buildings as sacred. The design interprets the concepts of “Tectonic Design“ and “Nordic Architecture” in the light of the current technological and cultural environment. It serves as shelter for the local community, allowing for other social and cultural activities to unfold, whilst preserving its unity as a church. The Hatlehol Church not only considers the qualities of the site, but also offers its users a unique experience of the surrounding norwegian landscape. The journey begins as one enters the site, where one is then lead by a path crossing the nature, until it reaches an distinct building, whose hyperbolic paraboloid shape creates a well defined church room, both materially, structurally and acoustically. 40
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LOCATION
Hatlehol is a part of Ă&#x2026;lesund municipality, placed on the western coast of Norway. The suburban placement of Hatlehol results in a rocky landscape with very dense and wild nature. The site is bordered in the north by tree covered mountains and in the south by a fjord. The only direct connection to the water is a small stream that runs along the western edge of the site. Because of its suburban placement, the functions around the site are minimal. The site has a sloped and uneven terrain. The natural slope and placement of the bedrock has formed 3 natural plateaus on the site, that allows it to be separated into 3 main levels. 42
3 LEVELS
OBJECT OF DESIRE
PATHS
BELL TOWER
LINE PATTERN
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EVOLUTION OF THE STRUCTURE
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LOURENÃ&#x2021;O BRANCO Quinta da Penha Longa, B6, Sintra, Portugal (+351) 911 727 401 lmbranco94@gmail.com