PEDRA / ATELIER REPORT
Chapter 03 — Material
Quarry to Curtain Wall · 2014–2024
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Insight 04 · Granite as structure, not skin
The stadium swallowed its own quarry —
nine projects later, the ground is still our largest material supplier.
Site granite incorporated, by project
Thousand m³ · blasted, crushed, returned to structure
1000
750
500
250
0
940
92
58
71
44
130
165
BRAGA STADIUM
2003
CASA HISTÓRIAS
2008
BURGO TOWER
2007
BOURO CONVENT
1997
CASA MOLEDO
1998
METRO PORTO
2005
VALLADO CELLAR
2010
Roughly one million m³ — blasted on site,
crushed and returned as aggregate to the stand walls.
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