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The Memmo Principe Real Hotel is located on the slope between the Principe Real and Avenida da Liberdade, which access to the place is through a passageway in one of the buildings that constitute the nascent side of Rua D. Pedro V. The arrival space is requalified, constituting like a true viewpoint on the valley of the Avenue of the Freedom. On the first floor entrance, the building is quite transparent, and there are common spaces such as the lobby, restaurant and respective kitchen.

The common spaces are like an extension of the outer public space, contributing to a notion of the amplitude of the space available. The boundary between interior and exterior is mostly glazed, the enclosed spaces necessary being limited by curved walls that separate the different zones maintaining a flowing sensation in the transition between them. The option to locate in this floor only the common spaces of the hotel like the lobby, restaurant and respective kitchen, makes the spot of implantation of this floor much inferior to the existing one, releasing public outdoor space of fruition.

Above this floor rises a volume of two floors where most of the rooms are located. Below the entrance floor. It inserts even more a floor of rooms that accompanies the topographical design of the slope. And who have direct use of the hotel's outdoor space. The roof is a flat cover with a vegetal cover, which not only gives a pleasant view to the neighboring buildings but also offers a high thermal insulation performance.