Description of project:

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TRAMAS d’OIRO

Quinta de Monte d’Oiro is characterized by an area that can be divided in two zones: 

The North one is characterized by long, straight and continuous buildings, parallel to each other, with a considerable size, compared with the urban context; 

The South one has an interesting topography overlooks the vineyards landscape. 

The heritage of the preexistence lies on its layout and in the urban lines that buildings create, composing what we call tramas, a Portuguese word that has various meanings such as weaving, which reminds of making a complex story or a pattern from a number of interconnected elements. The new project respects the inherited pattern by continuing the existing system with its proportions, creating a path and a podium to observe the infinite landscape. 

Architecture must take resolute decisions, respecting the preexistence, connecting as a bridge, the contemporary world and its history. 

This is why the project aims to connect the existing buildings’ tramas by creating a courtyard, typical of Mediterranean countries and also a large promenade alongside the landscape, which guide us passing under the bridge and gently slopes towards the vineyards.

The vineyards are the true protagonist of this site. 

The wine production area and now the Hotel are born from vineyards.

Therefore the vineyards’ tramas have a direct impact on the composition of the project, bringing with it the textures of the landscape

In the functional optimization of the program, the suspended 

belvedere-bridge crosses over and connects three terraces which follow the same axes of : the vineyards, the existing buildings and the courtyard. 

These three rooftops create different and unique atmospheres. 

The result of the project is a dialogue between the existing buildings, the territory and the contemporary world. 

Its language becomes part of contemporary Portuguese architecture characterized by simplicity, in full respect of the economy of means, which use the noblest materials such as sunlight, shadows, proportions and directions.

We are firmly convinced that the simplicity is a solved complexity.

It is precisely these tramas that characterize the long lines of the vineyards that can be seen in the main elevation of the project.

Thus these long horizontal lines dialog with the landscape.

The three smaller terraces blend with the colors of the ground whereas the main belvedere landmark becomes a white canvas that absorbs the colors of the nature of this site becoming itself Trama d’Oiro.