Interface de Transportes Lourosa-Fiães

Client: Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira

Location: Fiães, Santa Maria da Feira

Date: 2019-2023

Architects: José A. Lopes da Costa |

Photos: Ivo Tavares Studio

The Interface de Transportes Lourosa - Fiães comprises a vast parking and manoeuvring area and a support building. The latter, rectangular in plan and built with a metal structure, has a dynamic volumetry and is covered with a skin that makes the transition from the scale of the user/pedestrian to the scale of the bus bay to the west. This metal sheet roof contrasts with some parallelepiped volumes covered in cement mosaics that enliven the façades. At the front of the building, closer to the street, is the cafeteria, which has a terrace facing south and west and which, due to its location, will not only provide support for Interface, but also for the passing public and the industries located nearby, thus enhancing and making the most of this facility.