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SizaATLAS: Filling the Gaps for World Heritage

Axonometric section through a house with a curved wall and stair, annotated with zinc roof, wooden panelling and marble finishes

Category: BIM & Digital Construction
Role: Junior Researcher · Research Architect · FCT Research Grant Holder
Year: 2024
Location: Portugal
Client: Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto
Supervision: Teresa Cunha Ferreira (FAUP)

Research and documentation project dedicated to the study, inventory and digital documentation of Álvaro Siza’s architectural work within the context of World Heritage.

As a Junior Researcher and Research Architect, I was responsible for the creation of 16 digital, Revit-based BIM construction models of significant buildings designed by Álvaro Siza. The work involved translating architectural and constructive information into detailed digital models, while contributing to the broader documentation, analysis and digital archiving of the selected works.

The BIM models served as structured digital representations of the buildings, integrating architectural and constructive information within a common documentation framework. This process supported the systematic recording and analysis of Siza's work and contributed to the project's wider objective of establishing a comprehensive digital inventory of his built architecture.

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Cut-away axonometric of a two-storey building with curtain wall and sliding panels, cork and hydraulic mosaic floors — Didactic model

Axonometric of a cylindrical volume with a round window, concrete slabs and hollow brick masonry walls — Didactic model (detail)

Construction detail of a roof with Roman tiles, timber beams and Afzelia wooden ceiling above an exposed concrete pillar — Didactic model

Construction detail of a roof edge with Roman tiles, copper gutters, Afzelia floor, marble slabs and a retractable window — Didactic model

Wall detail with external thermal insulation, mosaic cladding and single-glazed window frames painted yellow — Didactic model (detail)

Axonometric section of a multi-storey building with zinc capping, precast concrete and a concrete staircase — Didactic model

Section of the exhibition rooms: skylight, steel and wood window frames, metal railings and marble floor — Didactic model: section of the exhibition rooms

Axonometric of an elevated box structure with zinc capping, steel profiles, walnut panelling and a reflecting pool — Didactic model

Wall and window detail with steel structure, solid iroko frames, laminated double glazing and rockwool — Didactic model (detail)

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