Santa Catarina Outpatient Clinic

Lisbon, Portugal

2012

A group of psychologists and psychiatrists intends to turn a noble apartment into a clinic. The apartment was in good condition, with architectonic and constructive quality – good wooden floor, eggshell-painted carpentry, that put into evidence the character of a bygone era, ceramic door handles and elaborated ceilings.

Our intervention is concerned about being delicate and little invasive. Through minor-scaled pieces, near to the furniture’s scale, the space gets divided, a service area is created and soundproofing problems get solved.

To illuminate the long longitudinal corridor that gives access to and connects all offices, a tailor-made lamp is designed for the top-lights and placed inside of each office. This way, the identity of the common space is composed by the sum of the individual ones.