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Project II
The hostel as the program for the 1st battery of the Raposeira forts comes with the purpose of turning the area into an
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Trafaria village, 1st battery photography
accommodation zone while staunchly preserving the existing construction. The room area is adaptative to the pre-existing module: three well lit areas intertwined by a central divisor, which contains the common room. The common room powers the bedrooms with electricity and holds the bathrooms, being primarily a place for public gettogether. The preservation and reenactment upon this abandoned space is materialized foremost through the application of new coatings on its comprising elements. 1.Exterior Walls – Painted plaster 2.Exterior Floors – Compacted grit 3.Interior Walls – Venetian stucco 4.Interior Floors - Stroked concrete
Trafaria village, 1st battery, template plan of the Hostel rooms