QUINTA DE BAIXO
With Pablo Pita
Porto, Portugal
2014
2nd Prize
with Pablo Pita
International Competition
Quinta de Baixo is a headquarters extension for the Porto Water Department. Conceptually the project stands on the idea of a new volume that is set inside of the old manor's carcass, using it as starting point.
In the interior the building is arranged following a very assertive circulation plan that is set by a clear structural scheme, also helping to establish a spatial hierarchy. This composition is defined by two crossed and expressive beams in each floor, and a vertical core that gathers all the complementary programs.
The new programmatic needs demand a new scale adjustment that results in a typology with fewer subdivisions. It would be pointless to develop a mimetic approach to the uncharacterized manor, rather than an evolutive and flexible scheme.
Technical Information
Architecture: depA Architects + Pablo Pita
MEP: CPX, Edgar Brito
Commission: Águas do Porto
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbff8f6d94e4a215cb01e9e2cd3c336d57fc67997d3e2c0a0ffdf91a5188fd42/quinta-1_1000.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f70d62df063f602616898fe14f62f2a87d7f5af0b70eb2e770b77b1717eca3b/quinta-2_1000.jpg)
![Urban Scheme](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfa75af570f7d5e23d3e9a89c28c0599b39e8c9c52f31d6aa79b45f7dd1155ea/15-urban-scheme.jpg)
![Structural Scheme](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abdb989d83f48a50e9dd93daabad51e1ce4c79d10a7a80fee862c3a96d02cd8/14-structural-scheme.jpg)
![South Elevation](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c41c91daa7a4da5abccfb9dbfbf6e4aadc3a08f5725ad12fea8f8a528d29998/12-south-elevation.jpg)
![East Elevation](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c21901ca0b86b17e3480a86de60a355dfbf61603e5467801f324a7450c610bd9/10-east-elevation.jpg)
![Second Floor Plan](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0609a188d6fc7fd7bd1b4faf1b9a9ceb0e0730a123d53cb130344aea79e93a18/08-second-floor-plan.jpg)
![First Floor Plan](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d168f830312cdb200ede1d30e850c2bdce4919269dfa8dc684afa9e87cb86d36/07-first-floor-plan.jpg)
![Ground Floor Plan](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04f01d3ac95844f16876b5b1ea73332bad186de926f7212df413e09c1ebd378b/06-ground-floor-plan.jpg)
![Underground Floor Plan](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8084389a29176b13160e160a29e018ad76b20be7695347c7dfe3f83738ac0837/05-underground-floor-plan.jpg)