AND-RÉ designs Portugal's Biomedical Research Centre
Portuguese firm AND-RÉ has designed a new Biomedical Research Centre in Portugal.
The facility, spanning 9500 square metres, has consolidated three essential premises. The building represents a morphic mass and has been built on the basis of solar incidence control. The unique design of the structure cuts down dependency on artificial environmental control mechanical systems. Instead, it incorporates a Morphologic Skin concept.
The complex form of the building is devoid of shallow forms or plastic artificiality. The facility features a traditional structural system with pillars as well as beams below an orthogonal metric of standard-sized porches. This has helped in organising the building's interior. Metallic surface modules constitute the facility's exterior skin cladding.
