Santander-Totta University Bank Agency By LGLS Architects in Setúbal, Portugal

Santander-Totta University Bank Agency By LGLS Architects

Santander-Totta University Bank Agency dormer

Santander-Totta University Bank Agency exterior facade

Santander-Totta University Bank Agency exterior landscape

Campus of the Setúbal Polytechnic Institute on the outskirts of Setúbal, with many schools built during the eighties and nineties (including Alvaro Siza’s known as Teacher’s College) in the landscape of Portugal’s distinctive southern slopes gently rolling and patches of trees cork, all the sunny south of the strong . In addition to the existing cobblestone path, a simple white volume is “carved out” making it possible to cross the slanting through its mass, recognizes the existing pedestrian path on the site. A shaded part, benches and covered areas can be used thereby “reveal” of the original mass. A box of “light” has been added, on top volume, it must be viewed from the north at night. Strong red color of the visual code helps the bank to emphasize the formal purpose of the project, excavation revealed “” from the original volume. The combination, in turn, allowed for the expression of a very strong identity of the bank at this place. Both the Polytechnic and the Bank is satisfied with this symbiosis and push for the rapid construction of these structures.via