S. Francisco Church is part of a complex that includes the Church and the old mendicant convent, nowadays with different functions.
The complex presents a unified image despite the different stylistic languages of the façade.
The objective of the intervention was to eliminate the disrepair through the restoration and consolidation of the walls, roofs and floors and the introduction of technical installations capable of providing the comfort appropriate to new usages.
The space which had formerly connected the house and the convent, long since disappeared, gave way to the new volume that houses all the vertical circulation systems and the bathrooms which this part of the complex lacked.
The outside areas were organised with a view to the public use of the space. The ample zone to the east of the Church functions as an extension of the Cultural Centre's activities.
AUTHORS
FÁTIMA FERNANDES AND MICHELE CANNATÀ
FOUNDATIONS AND STRUCTURES
G.O.P. - JOÃO MARIA SOBREIRA
WATER AND SEWAGE NETWORK
G.O.P. - RAQUEL FERNANDES
ELECTICITY, TELEPHONES AND SECURITY
OHM - FERNANDO SILVA GUSMÃO
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
P2E - AMILCAR MOREIRA
CLIENT
ORDEM FRANCISCANA SECULAR
LOCATION
VINHAIS. PORTUGAL
PROJECT
1993
EXECUTION
1997-2001
PHOTOGRAPHY
JOÃO FERRAND
