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Vale do Douro, Film still from Vale Abraão, Manoel de Oliveira, 1993 ( 2 )
Águas do Moledo, Model, 1:25, Photo by Tom Biela ( 3 )Águas do Moledo, Model, 1:200, Photo by Tom Biela ( 4 )Film still from Vale Abraão, Manoel de Oliveira, 1993
( 5 )Águas do Moledo, Model, 1:25, Photo by Tom Biela( 6 )Águas do Moledo, Model, 1:25, Photo by Tom Biela( 7 )Arquitectura Popular em Portugal, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 1988( 8 )Águas do Moledo,
Visualisation( 9 )Igreja de Santa Maria, Álvaro Siza Vieira, 1996, Photo by Michael Hafner( AdM ) O Douro e as Águas do Moledo. A topological approach.
A rehabilitation and expansion of the thermal baths in Caldas do Moledo
L: Caldas do Moledo, PT
Y: 2021This work is based on an extensive topological approach to the Douro Valley. This resulted in a concrete examination of the structures of the abandoned thermal baths between the towns of Peso da Regua and Mesão Frio on the banks of the river in Caldas do Moledo. The design reinterprets the abandoned structures in and along the edge of the thermal park, attempts to build the ensemble further and pick up on sunken traces. Various interventions are being developed: in addition to a communal pavilion, which serves as a new square for the village and is permeated by the thermal park, and the rehabilitation of the fluvial baths, which make the water of the river accessible again, the most significant part is the extension of the thermal baths. Referencing the context, the design emphasises the manner of the surroundings and responds to the specific dynamics of the valley's linear topography.