“The structure of the building had decayed over time, meaning that complete reutilization was impossible,” say the designers, who have attempted to fully conserve the memory of the place, from the micro to the macro scale. The tall, narrow main facade is on Rua Álvares Cabral, with the entrance, and conserves the original stone image with a simplified Art Deco style, while the new facades on the internal patio, with full-height glazings, suggest the past through the punctuation of a composition that recycles the Riga wood beams of the former print shop.
Concrete, with different finishes on walls, floors and ceilings, together with brass and other metals, form the material-chromatic vocabulary of all the spaces. As a whole, the constructed area is relatively small: 752 square meters, joined by 88.5 for the courtyard-patio and 200 for the garden, featuring a bucolic pool of water at the back.