Second Home Lisbon

摘要

This is the first project built for Second Home outside London. It is located in an "L" shaped wing of the Lisboa Mercado da Ribeira, a popular landmark built in 1882. The only real idea behind this project is to preserve the character and main features of this space while adapting it to a workspace. The building character is defined by a large open space flanked by column-shaped iron windows and beautiful iron-cast trusses in the roof. We preserved all of them and kept the inherited idea of one single open space, making a huge table (70 m × 10 m) divided in three for small companies to share, encouraging relationships and communication between them. The curved cuts in the table give members their own private area to focus on their work while keeping a sense of community. Two completely different spaces have been created in the given "L" shaped plan: the main working space with the long table sits in the long end of the L， and the cafe lounge area is located in the short end. Both are designed to be distinct and even opposite spaces: one for people to work and the other for people to relax, talk and unwind. Each space with a totally different ambience and personality.