ANIMA II

O Anima começou por ser desenhado a partir de uma pré-existência no terreno, um edifício de finais do século XIX com uma parcela da Muralha de Aveiro nele inserida, que motivou uma solução em dois volumes, separando e revelando o espaço destinado ao “achado” arqueológico.
Mas as escavações arqueológicas trouxeram uma mudança decisiva, já que se comprovou que a muralha não é original, mas sim uma composição feita em “época moderna”, assente sobre viga de betão.
Tal facto veio motivar uma total reformulação das premissas de projeto, abandonando a anterior proposta para dar lugar a uma nova solução para a Clínica de Saúde Mental Anima, pensada de raiz.
O projeto segue com 4 pisos, mas aumenta a sua área bruta (ocupando o pátio anteriormente descoberto) e admite então apenas um volume edificado, reformulando por completo a sua imagem e distribuição programática.

The Anima II project features facades whose rhythm and relief, which give them shape and prominence, reflect the structural metrics of slabs and beams.
This movement, gives a modular and crafted look, achieved through the use of colored ETICS cladding of varying thicknesses, giving the building a harmonious appearance while ensuring optimal thermal comfort.
The color chosen was terracotta, in two shades, one more reddish for the protruding structure, and another more brownish for the recessed facade panels. This chromatic difference, helps in reading the advances and recesses of the facade elements, giving greater lightness and richness to the whole.

The rhythm created by the strategically designed openings, mimics the conventionality and proportion of the local facades, through a play of open and closed spaces that respects the scale of the neighboring buildings, ensuring that the building blends in with the urban center.
The relief and color movements of the facades, give the building and its surroundings a cheerful air, and convey a clear and assertive message for the use in question: life deserves to be lived with lightness and excitement!
Inside, light and bright tones are used to create a calm and serene environment, while also encouraging silence and introspection.
The entrance hall features light-colored ceramic tiles, ensuring greater durability of the flooring, which then changes to wood in the therapy rooms, to give a feeling of warmth, as if we were “at home”.
In an efficient spatial distribution, the therapy rooms ensure a functional, and comfortable, layout. Intelligible mobility was ensured between spaces, for everyone, so that access to all rooms is easily understandable.
This building was carefully designed from the ground up, to be a “home” for the treatment of our all-important mental health.