Steelform Factory – The Concrete Defines the Industrial Building
The Steelform project consists of expanding the existing factory unit to the west and south, with the construction of a new pavilion and an administrative building.
The Steelform project consists of expanding the existing factory unit to the west and south, with the construction of a new pavilion and an administrative building.
In an early seventies building, we found an uncharacterized apartment in Guarda, too compartmentalized and with little natural light.
Yaroslav Galant (Galant I.D.lda studio) has finished work on the project for the office of RB Pharma, a company that specialises on finding individual solutions for distribution of hard-to -find medicines.
From the road you can see the house, on a small hill, with a dark silhouette in sharp contrast to its natural environment, offering a wide view over Santo Tirso.
By disassembling the poor materials of the old facade we discovered that the house was actually made up of three small houses built according to the needs of the former owner.
The newly renovated building is part of a set of constructions ordered to be built by the company Fábrica de Cerâmica das Devesas, in Porto, which functioned as a warehouse and showcase for the various products manufactured at the time by the same company.
The aim of the project was to rebuild and expand a residential building on one of the most emblematic streets in Porto, Rua Miguel Bombarda, where several art galleries are located.
At the restaurant, we decided to take advantage of the back view over the ria through large spans with a minimalist expression to maintain a cleaner panoramic view.