所有照片由摄影师José Campos提供，all images courtesy of José Campos

该项目位于科英布拉市区内的一处遗产保护区，三座既有建筑围绕在地中海风格的庭院周围。

The three pre-existing buildings around a mediterranean courtyard are located Coimbra, in the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Protection Zone.

▼酒店围绕庭院布局，the hotel is arranged around a mediterranean courtyard

在这处需要谨慎介入的场地内，建筑师试图在技术性的改造和当代建筑需求之间、以及酒店建造标准和实施此类项目需要遵守的严格规范之间找到平衡。也就是说，新的功能空间和所有的深层干预需要尽一切可能尊重场地的历史，以及它在建筑和建造方面的巨大价值。

In such delicate surroundings, the intervention seeks a delicate design balanced between the need for technical adaptations to contemporary building demands, the legal requirements for a contemporary hotel and the huge care that an intervention of this type requires. In other words, the adaption to the new program and the consequent deep intervention by all means paid deep respect for the historical relevance of the buildings and its great architectural and constructive values.

▼建筑外观，exterior view

基于这种以平衡为出发点的设计策略，既有建筑和新增元素之间的差异被清晰地展现出来。更重要的是，原有的三座建筑也各自呈现出与众不同的特征：一座位于高处，一座位于低处，还有一座位于这二者之间，有着更加生动优美的观感。

This balanced strategy allowed, at the same time, to clarify the difference between the preserved old elements and all the new and, above all, the difference between the three buildings: the former house on the upper level, the small palace on the lower level, and the third in-between, which is more picturesque.

▼三座既有建筑位于不同的水平高度，the three existing buildings are located on different levels