Paço da Giela Urban Park

RUA DR. AUGUSTO MARTINS,
Nº 90, 2º ANDAR, SALA 4,
4470-145 MAIA

Paço da Giela Urban Park | Arcos de Valdevez |

Partners > Topos atelier – Architecture

Work Owner: Arcos de Valdevez Municipal Council

Public Competition (49 participants) – 5th place – Honorable Mention.

The close relationship between the intervention area and the urban center is embedded in the morphology of the landscape itself: the green corridor that can be seen between Rio and Giela constitutes a cohesive unit that stands out in the territory, and which will gain greater definition with urban growth. in the surroundings.
The proposal is guided by an economy of expressive means (in terms of materials and adopted formal language), based on a reinterpretation of rural memories of space, heritage and landscape archetypes, on which the strategy of dynamizing the new practices of the Urban Park, which exceeds 17.8 ha.