架构师提供的文本描述。该地块面积约2，000平方米(20米乘100米)，几何图形不规则，具有波尔图市的非特征尺寸和形状。该项目是与该项目一起建造的-在葡萄牙，从来没有专门为移民融入社会而设计的建筑。面对这些不确定性，我们在我们周围寻找线索-我们发现了仓库、小工厂、垃圾填埋场和非法建筑.

Text description provided by the architects. With an area of approximately 2,000 squared meters (20m by 100m) and an irregular geometry, the plot had uncharacteristic dimensions and form for the city of Porto. The program was built along with the project – never before had a building in Portugal been specifically designed for the social integration of immigrants. With these uncertainties we looked for clues in our immediate surroundings - we found warehouses, small factories, landfills and illegal constructions...

我们的城市战略让我们定义了一个水平平面，这个平面可以延伸到地块范围，我们根据自然照明的需要、规划本身和法律要求，划出了一系列庭院/庭院。面对街道，写字楼就在这张板子上。第一个空隙靠在办公楼的内面上，标志着中心的入口，将办公楼和中心分开，并确定了中心与街道之间的关系。

Our urban strategy led us to define a horizontal plane that would extend to the plot limits, where we cut out a sequence of courtyards/patios according to the need of natural lighting, the program itself and legal requirements. Facing the street, the office building is set on this slab. Leaning against the inside face of the office building, the first void marks the entrance to the Centre, sets the office building and the Centre apart, and defines the relation between the Centre and the street.

建立第二个庭院是为了照亮移民支助办公室(医疗、法律、就业、宗教)和临时住所(个人和家庭房间)。花园是最重要的遮挡，并服务于中心的统一区域：一个多用途的房间(餐厅/客厅/小礼堂)，车间，教室，一个游乐场和一个独立的音量，教堂(全神贯注空间)。

The second patio was created to illuminate the immigration support offices (medical, legal, employment, religious) and temporary accommodation (individual and family rooms). The garden is the most significant cut-out in the covering, and serves the unifying area of the Centre: a multi-purpose room (dining / living area / small auditorium), workshops, classrooms, a playground and an independent volume, the Chapel (ecumenical space).

最后，相对于街道而言，对面的服务庭院为洗衣和厕所/洗衣区服务。

Finally, the service courtyard at the opposite end in relation to the street, serves the laundry and toilet / washing areas.

尽管有种种限制、延误和不确定因素，我们的目标是设计一座光线充足、富有人性的房子，相信建筑能给移民带来希望。

Despite all the constraints, delays and uncertainties, our aim was to design a house with plenty of light and humanity, trusting that architecture can help bring hope to the immigrants it will host.