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Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto

1987-1993 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Porto, Porto District, Portugal

12°C · 13.5h daylight · 3 km/h wind

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Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Climate: 12°C · 13.5h daylight · 3 km/h wind

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Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto

1987-1993 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Zeidler ArchitectureZeidler Architecture

1953 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1987-19931953
PlacePorto, Porto District, PortugalToronto, Ontario, Canada
Place contextPorto, Porto District, PortugalRepresentative site: Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Climate12°C · 13.5h daylight · 3 km/h wind4°C · 13.6h daylight · 21 km/h wind · via The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
FocusArchitecture school6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Alvaro Siza
  • Eberhard Zeidler
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Álvaro Siza Vieira

Notable works

  • The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
  • Beth Israel Synagogue (Peterborough, Ontario)
  • Canada Place
  • Meridian Arts Centre
Typologies
  • education
  • school
  • campus building
  • education
  • campus building
  • tower
  • building
  • hospitality
  • performance venue
  • sports venue
  • infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • stucco
  • glass
  • fabric
  • steel
Carbon signals

Concrete, Glass, and Stucco look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stucco

Steel and Fabric look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Fabric
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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