{"id":656660,"date":"2026-05-08T20:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656660\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:03:15","slug":"kpf-sa-lj-group-complete-oriente-green-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656660\/","title":{"rendered":"KPF, S+A, LJ-Group complete Oriente Green Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

An abandoned shopping mall in Lisbon<\/a>, Portugal<\/a>, has been repurposed as the Oriente Green Campus, a new \u201cinnovation hub\u201d stocked with technology, academic, and laboratory spaces.<\/p>\n

The adaptive reuse<\/a> project in Parque das Na\u00e7\u00f5es was by KPF<\/a> and Saraiva+Associados (S+A<\/a>), a local firm. LJ-Group<\/a> was the landscape architect. Oriente Green Campus is the first LEED and WELL Platinum development in Lisbon, KPF said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miguel Saraiva, S+A CEO and founder, said the campus \u201crepresents a milestone in Lisbon\u2019s urban rehabilitation\u201d before calling it \u201can open, fluid space where natural light and green areas foster creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"elevationThe building has three stories above grade and three below grade. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)
\n\"roofscapeThe roof is walkable and features verdant landscaping. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)<\/p>\n

Construction on the mall stalled in 2012. It sat abandoned for years afterward. Today the structure measures 452,000 square feet; it has three stories above grade and three basement levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KPF and S+A salvaged 91 percent of the building, and added another 20,500 square feet of green space to it. This approach slashed upfront embodied carbon by 58 percent as opposed to a new build, KPF said.<\/p>\n

Users have access to an auditorium, cafeteria, bike park, gym, and locker room, all connected by walking routes, verandas, and terraced courtyards. The walkable roofscape features swirling geometries and verdant planted areas. An undulating plane peeks up from the roof, creating visual intrigue.<\/p>\n

\"roofscapeThe roofscape is defined by organic geometries. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)
\n\"courtyardThe courtyard washes the lab spaces with natural light. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)
\n\"courtyardSculptural stairs connect the levels. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)<\/p>\n

The campus is organized around a large rectangular central space that\u2019s subdivided into courtyards. It has stepped floorplates, so the lower floors are larger than the upper floors. The design team leveraged this composition by installing terraces.<\/p>\n

Spaces originally imagined as for retail made for flexible interior design, where tenants are invited to customize the spaces as they see fit. The work spaces look out onto the courtyards, and the city beyond.<\/p>\n

In certain areas the concrete waffle slab ceilings were left exposed. In others, sweeping ceiling surfaces made of wood cascade above users. Sculptural stairs lacquered in bright white paint facing the courtyards connect the above-grade levels.<\/p>\n

\"auditoriumUsers have access to a large auditorium. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)
\n\"cafeteriaThe cafeteria area faces the courtyard. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)<\/p>\n

Passive shading and specification reduces operational energy. The envelope has high levels of insulation in the walls and roof; KPF stated natural ventilation will be possible for about one-third of the year.<\/p>\n

A fleet of roof-mounted PV panels provide 60 percent of the requisite lighting for parking areas, 30 percent of the lighting for communal areas, and 40 percent for elevator operations.<\/p>\n

\"labLab spaces in certain points have exposed waffle slab concrete ceilings. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)
\n\"\"In other areas sweeping wooden ceilings are left exposed. (\u00a9 Fernando Guerra)<\/p>\n

\u201cOriente Green Campus demonstrates that responsible carbon guardianship and vigorous economic growth can be compatible,\u201d said John Bushell, KPF principal. \u201cThrough imagination and purpose the building has been transformed into an ideal environment to work, study, and gather, where courtyards and landscape encourage positive social interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe design team worked hard to reduce the whole life carbon, while rejuvenating a blighted site and contributing to Lisbon\u2019s innovation ecosystem,\u201d Bushell continued. In any adaptive reuse project, the key is to understand a building\u2019s greatest potential and create a robust and flexible long-term proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Development group Multiusos Oriente FIIF backed the project. Today the anchor tenants include Richemont, Piaget, and Universidade Europeia, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An abandoned shopping mall in Lisbon, Portugal, has been repurposed as the Oriente Green Campus, a new \u201cinnovation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-656660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}