The competition brief for the new technology centre in Óbidos, Portugal, proposed an office building for start-up firms with a »piazza«.
In the absence of an urban context, the architects took the cloistered courtyards of monasteries in the region as a formal reference. Access to the small office units on the upper level is via an elevated arcade. Communal functions are housed in the plinth below.
In the absence of an urban context, the architects took the cloistered courtyards of monasteries in the region as a formal reference. Access to the small office units on the upper level is via an elevated arcade. Communal functions are housed in the plinth below.