Brufe Social Center
Based on a block form some openings are carved to illuminate the interior space or in most cases tearing and piercing the building to its inner courtyard. The building is turned inside out: the exterior façades look opaque, dense, with just a few carves in the main points of the building like the stairs and the main entrance. The interior façades appear as a translucid and continuous glass curtain wall that embrace the internal patio shaded by proposed trees.
In the top portion of the mass each carving provokes an event with its surroundings, covered parking spaces, main entrance, and a covered seating area for open air events. The programs criteria includes day care, rest home, office and service areas and is organized in functional blocks surrounding a central court yard. The physical communication within itself accentuates permanent visual relationship. The interconnection or independence when necessary is distributed in a permanent manner.

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2004 - 2009
2009 - 2011
Imago
António Jorge de Moura Leitão Cerejeira Fontes
André de Moura Leitão Cerejeira Fontes
Nuno Cruz
António Dias
Bruno Marques
José Forte
Sónia Gonçalves
José Pedro Fernandes
José Miguel Bahia
Pedro Negrões Soares
Eugénia Fontes
Tiago Fontes
Telhabel Construções, S.A.
José Campos | arqf, architectural photography