Places
E-learning Café Botânico (Salabert House)
Eng. José Estevão Parada e Silva Leitão / Nuno Valentim
1897 / 2017
Saturday
Sunday
Nuno Valentim Arquitectura Lda., Nuno Valentim Arquitectura Lda., João Ferrand, João Ferrand
Regular Visits
Tours
Sat 16h and Sun 11h Arch. Margarida Carvalho
Themes
Maximum 15 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Photography allowed
Description
Casa Salabert is situated in the Porto Botanical Gardens and is thought to have been one of the first buildings on the estate from which it originated. In the course of successive adaptations to new uses, the house underwent various alterations and extensions that profoundly transformed it, removing elements of architectural value. Some structural components from the original building remained, which the proposal sought to integrate and harmonise with the new programme — the University’s new study and e-learning space.
Following a careful process of analysis, inspection and assessment, and based on a critical review of previous interventions in the House, the discordant extensions of poor construction quality were removed, with the proposal that the House should revert to its 1925 form (documented in the archives of the University of Porto).
Without altering the primary structure (mixed stone masonry) or the secondary structures that still remained (timber structures on some floors and the roof), the interior spaces were freed up to accommodate the various study rooms — each with its own distinct atmosphere, shaped by the architectural and structural characteristics of the existing building itself.
Nuno Valentim Arquitectura Lda
Location
Rua do Campo Alegre, 1191
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP 200, 204, 207, 503, 504