Sofia Sá Mineiro

           In the second phase of this exercise, based on the urban context formerly proposed, a deepened study of a specific area and it consequent reorganization were required. This area should include a square or part of the natural area previously foreseen.

          In order to enable the improvement and correct appreciation of the area that I had regarded to make the exercise, it was possible for me to turn to the materialization of areas along and through the volumes, as well as complement the proposal with natural elements such as vegetation and water, to propose different treatments of pavements, and finally, to create an architectural element, to be part of that area as a small equipment.

          So, my suggestion is based, firstly, on one metre unlevelling between the streets layout and the leisure area - the square - made ​​through a continuous staircase and two areas of slope - for disabled people. That unlevelling tries to distinguish and separate phisically the leisure area from that one of the streets layout.

          Regarding the architectural and spaial highlighting of the square the organization plan, on which it is based, was inspired on a Mondrian´s paiting named "Composition", where spaces are mutually interconnected and are divided into three kinds of pavement - grass, smooth pavement and granite - and usage.

         One of the resulting spaces of this grid was reserved for the requested equipment which is directed towards the sea and is completely opened up the city.