Lucios finishes 2 works of €20,7M in Porto

Lucios announced today the completion of two contracts in the city of Porto - the expansion of the College of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the conversion of the old cinema Águia D'Ouro in a budget hotel - projects that provided the company with an intake in the order of € 20.7M.

By providing FMUP with three new buildings, interconnected by a transverse construction, Lucios' intervention, designed by architect Manuel Gonçalves and budgeted at € 16.5M, has solved a number of problems with which the college had been fighting for years.

To be noted that, until now, the sollege's labs and classrooms were insufficient for the number of students, which took the college to adopt alternative solutions, such as teaching the same lesson  more than one time, for lack of space to house an entire class, or even to resorting to renting rooms for exams.

"The intervention included the construction of new classrooms, laboratories, spaces for research, as well as the construction of a bridge that links the college and the Hospital S.João, facilitating the flow of people", said Filipe Azevedo, Lucios CEO.

Filipe Azevedo also highlights the completion of the rehabilitation works in more than one emblematic building in the historical center of Porto - the old cinema Águia D'Ouro, at Batalha, is now giving way to a budget hotel, of the brand B & B, an investment made by of the portuguese group Endutex Hotels.

In that century-old building, abandoned for over 20 years, there are now 125 hotel rooms on six floors, a garden and also an underground car park with capacity for 25 cars.

Designed by the architect duo Nelson Almeida and Rosario Rodrigues, the project represents to Lucios a value of around € 4.26M, being the first hotel project for the Group Endutex.

Filipe Azevedo recalls the specifics and difficulties experienced by the company in this work.
"The containment of the facade, the old and narrow buildings that surround the hotel, the small space of the work yard and the fact that it was a work in the middle of an urban center were factors that added significant difficulties in the execution of the work," he recalls. 

It should be noted that, among other projects, spread across different regions of the country, Lucios has taken a particularly active role in urban rehabilitation of the historic center of Porto.

In its portfolio has already reference projects, such as rehabilitation of the old Palace of Cardosas, currently the Intercontinental Hotel and recovery of the Quartier of Corpo da Guarda.

"Urban rehabilitation is our area of ​​expertise and the difficulties we encounter in the challenges we embrace, have been a valuable contribution to solidify all the know-how we have acquired in recent years."
 
Today, Lucios has in hand the rehabilitation of the Quartier of Cardosas that, once completed, in mid-2012, will add to the city of Porto, in the middle of the historical center, a supply of 53 apartments, with types between T0 and T2 +1, and 19 commercial spaces.


Source: Super Indústria