A House in Luanda – Patio & Pavillion

Da­ta : Maio de 2010

Pro­gra­ma :
– Con­cep­ção de pro­tó­ti­po de uni­da­de fa­mi­li­ar que ori­gi­ne um pátio ;
– Bai­xo cus­to de construção ;
– Cri­ar de um mo­de­lo replicável ;
– Propôr uma so­lu­ção sustentável.

Con­cei­to :
An en­ti­re past co­mes to dwell in a new house…and me­mo­ri­es of the out­si­de world will ne­ver ha­ve the sa­me to­na­lity has the ones from ho­me, and by re­cal­ling the­se me­mo­ri­es, we add our sto­re of dreams…In the li­fe of a man, the hou­se th­rusts asi­de con­tin­gen­ci­es, its coun­cils of con­ti­nuity are un­ce­a­sing. Without it, man would be a dis­per­sed being.” (Ba­che­lard, 1969)

A ca­pa­ci­da­de de ha­bi­tar um es­pa­ço sur­ge co­mo con­sequên­cia das li­mi­ta­ções do in­di­ví­duo. “Ha­bi­tar” cons­ti­tui uma me­tá­fo­ra do nos­so pró­prio uni­ver­so e a ca­sa on­de vi­ve­mos tor­na-se uma ex­pres­são da nos­sa pró­pria iden­ti­da­de, in­do mui­to além de uma mar­ca so­ci­al. A ideia de “ca­sa” fi­ca ine­vi­ta­vel­men­te li­ga­da ao sen­ti­do do “eu”, mas tam­bém ao de au­ten­ti­ci­da­de, abri­go fí­si­co, psi­co­ló­gi­co, emo­ci­o­nal, e es­pa­ço de memória.

Na cul­tu­ra Afri­ca­na, o pá­tio in­te­ri­or é con­si­de­ra­do co­mo uma par­te da ca­sa, tão im­por­tan­te co­mo qual­quer ou­tro, e em­bo­ra al­gu­mas das su­as fun­ções es­te­jam re­la­ci­o­na­das com o “in­te­ri­or”, as re­la­ções so­ci­ais en­con­tram ex­pres­são so­bre­tu­do no es­pa­ço exterior.

Des­te mo­do, a so­lu­ção pro­pos­ta pro­cu­rou ex­plo­rar es­ta re­la­ção en­tre es­pa­ço interior/​exterior, individual/​colectivo, as­sim co­mo a ques­tão da ca­pa­ci­da­de de au­to-cons­tru­ção, pe­lo re­cur­so a ma­te­ri­ais adap­ta­dos ao con­tex­to socio-económico.

Lo­cal : Lu­an­da – Angola

Equi­pa : MR Arquitectos

Da­te : May 2010

Pro­gram :
– De­sign a pro­toty­pe of a fa­mily unit with a patio ;
– Low cost of construction ;
– Cre­a­ti­on of a re­pli­ca­ble model ;
– Pro­po­se a sus­tai­na­ble solution.

Con­cept :
“An en­ti­re past co­mes to dwell in a new house…and me­mo­ri­es of the out­si­de world will ne­ver ha­ve the sa­me to­na­lity has the ones from ho­me, and by re­cal­ling the­se me­mo­ri­es, we add our sto­re of dreams…In the li­fe of a man, the hou­se th­rusts asi­de con­tin­gen­ci­es, its coun­cils of con­ti­nuity are un­ce­a­sing. Without it, man would be a dis­per­sed being.” (Ba­che­lard, 1969)

The abi­lity to inha­bit a spa­ce ari­ses as a con­se­quen­ce of the li­mi­ta­ti­ons of the in­di­vi­du­al. “Dwel­ling” is a me­taphor of our own uni­ver­se. Our hou­se be­co­mes an ex­pres­si­on of our own iden­tity, going far beyond a so­ci­al brand. The idea of “ho­me” is ine­vi­ta­bly lin­ked to the sen­se of “I”, but al­so to authen­ti­city, un­der phy­si­cal, psy­cho­lo­gi­cal, emo­ti­o­nal, and memory.

In Afri­can cul­tu­re, the in­ner pa­tio is con­si­de­red to be part of the hou­se, as im­por­tant as any other, and although so­me of its func­ti­ons are re­la­ted to the “in­te­ri­or”, so­ci­al re­la­ti­onships find ex­pres­si­on mainly in ou­ter spa­ce. Thus, the pro­po­sed so­lu­ti­on aims to ex­plo­re the re­la­ti­onship betwe­en in­te­ri­or /​ex­te­ri­or, in­di­vi­du­al /​col­lec­ti­ve, as well as the ques­ti­on of the ca­pa­city for self-cons­truc­ti­on, and the use of ma­te­ri­als adap­ted to the so­ci­al and eco­no­mic context.

Lo­ca­ti­on : Lu­an­da – Angola

Te­am : MR Architects