{"id":44210,"date":"2017-08-01T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/elderly-person-residence\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:30:39","slug":"elderly-person-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/elderly-person-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Person\u2018 Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located in Cascais, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, the Social Complex of Alcabideche with a total construction area of approximately 10,000 sqm aims to reconstitute a Mediterranean life style in which the outdoor spaces of streets, plazas and gardens are like an extension of the house itself.<\/p>\n

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photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Concluded in 2012 it comprises 52 houses (housing units intended for elderly couples) and a main support building that houses the social areas, a nursing area with individual rooms and an area for bedridden patients. The connective layout with a modulation of 7.5 m has, as in a Medina, streets of different widths reserved for pedestrians who enjoy the protection of the shade provided by the houses by day and at night are guided by the light the houses give off.<\/p>\n

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photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the event of an emergency, users can activate an alarm that alerts the control station located in the central building and the box-shaped roof\u2018s light changes: the large white box turns red. The final solutions depend on the effectiveness of its form or on the efficacy of the functioning of the choices of systems and materials to be used. The houses are formed by a nucleus of exposed concrete with a \u201crough\u201d formwork of wooden lathes that house the habitable area, living room and kitchen, bedroom and bathroom and a box in which the material, plexiglass, has specific characteristics: reflection of the sun\u2018s rays (white), being impermeable, being resistant to the weather and to fire and which allows the light in (translucid).<\/p>\n

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photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stabilization of the temperature on the inside of the housing units is due to the reflective properties of the white box of the roof and the thermal efficiency of the air cushion created between the plexiglass box and the concrete base.<\/p>\n

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photo by Ricardo Oliveira Alves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The central building, within the same modelling and principles, contains all of the common services necessary for proper functioning and quality of living. It includes the electricity production systems, the photovoltaic plant, which supply the habitable areas of the residence.<\/p>\n