The beginning of the restauration work of the Tudela Castilho’s manor house, located in the Praça Velha of Fundão, is scheduled to the 11th of May. The businessman Paulo Ribeiro, who has acquired the building years ago, states that the project predicts the creation of a four-star hotel related to a cherry theme.
The construction will last for 18 months and will create a hotel with a total of 24 suites, divided in single rooms and family rooms.
O projeto desenvolve-se num edifício emblemático do Fundão. Trata-se do antigo Solar Tudela Castilho, localizado na Praça Velha, que se destaca pela sua dimensão e trabalho de pedra aparente na fachada principal. É uma casa nobre de estilo maneirista, com planta retangular, jardim interior, três pisos, de volume simples, sendo a fachada principal ritmada pelos vãos retilíneos dispostos regularmente.
Foi edificado por volta de 1670, sofrendo intervenções de ampliação durante o século XVIII e XIX. Atualmente encontra-se devoluto e em avançado estado de degradação.
Localizado no centro histórico do Fundão faz a ligação entre avia e edifícios que estão na génese da cidade e os edifícios modernistas periféricos do início do séc. XX.
O desafio consiste na relação entre uma construção de traçado “Filipino” ao estilo da “Arquitetura Chã” que marca a Praça Velha, e os edifícios Modernistas do início da séc. XX da Rua 25 de Abril.
A proposta parte da fachada principal, que se mantém e termina com uma abordagem atual na fachada do novo corpo a construir onde outrora existiam “lojas” e apoios ao edifício principal, valorizando o jardim interior.
O programa distribui-se pelos três pisos. Piso térreo com áreas sociais, receção, cafetaria, spa, zonas de serviço e uma capela a manter. Os dois pisos superiores serão ocupados por 23 unidades de alojamento e sala de reuniões. Será criado um piso parcial abaixo da cota de soleira para estacionamento.
The company A. Ezequiel, located on Tortosendo’s industrial complex, will open two new units on the region, one in Guarda and the other one in Covilhã, which represents an investment of approximately five million euros and the creation of 25 new workstations.
With the name of Quiel Cash & Carry, the Guarda’s unit opening is scheduled in September. The unit in Covilhã will open on the first trimester of 2020.
According to the company founder, António Ezequiel, “the strategy of A. Ezequiel stands on giving the market a global offer, in a diverse way, to meet the clients’ expectations”. He states that “in order to accomplish that goal it is mandatory to make a strong investment in infrastructures, in order to meet the expectations of our customers”.
Located in the industrial complex of Tortosendo, A. Ezequiel relies on 32 years of history in the food distribution market and has a total of 3500 clients, dispersed trough the districts of Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Guarda, Viseu, Coimbra, Aveiro and Leiria.
2019 marks the beginning of the construction of the new Estrutura Residencial Para Idosos em Silvares. It will have 20 beds and will be originated from the requalification of the old building of the blackout residency, which was bought one year ago by the Associação de Solidariedade Social de Silvares.
“It is a project that is in pending the approval of the social security, and that as soon as it has the approval will be sent to the urbanism department of Fundão’s city hall, around April or May. I would guess that the construction will be taking place in the summer and that in the spring of next year the building can be inaugurated and ready to serve the ones in need”.
The project, with a value of 600 thousand euros will be financiered by the association, the city hall and a bank loan. According to Carlos Jerónimo, to the public tender will be added 50 thousand euros to requalification work of the community center of Lameiras.
“There is an outdoors space that will be covered in order to run ludic activities since the original building is from 2012 and some improvements are needed, that corresponds to the 50 thousand euros that we will include in the public tender”.
According to the director of the Associação de Solidariedade Social de Silvares, this was the solution to give answer to a need felt daily at the community center of Lameiras, where the waiting list is large, and the solicitations occur daily.
