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University Stadium

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Recreational Architecture
Firm LocationPorto, Portugal
CompanyCREA — Arquitetos
Lead ArchitectAndré Camelo
Design TeamBruno Soares, Rita Correia, Teresa Osório
ClientUniversidade do Porto

We were challenged to renovate the existing grandstand building, and integrate two new buildings for the University of Porto Sports Center, aiming to design a cohesive whole, because architecture should not and cannot break with the context, and must be relational in time. The two new buildings, which absorb the program of the CDUP headquarters and support for university students, were contaminated by the grandstand rationalist metric, reinterpreted in a more fluid and dynamic movement through the concrete pillars of the facade, creating balconies or lager planes framing the lawn.