home PROJECTs retail services ajuda de berço house-swatch fraldinhas proj. casa das cores-swatch mundo perfeito proj. gil house-swatch ursinhos proj. manuel bernardes school kindergarten in atalaia afonso costa school tempus headquarter venilale school modules s. josé hospital -urology service lubango hotel michel da costa - cuisine atelier leather tanning museum housing urbanization CLIENTs profile office CONTACT português 1 2 3 4 ajuda de berço house - swatch fraldinhas project monsanto, lisbon, portugal The “Fraldinhas” watch was created by Swatch in the context of a solidarity campaign whose main goal was to offer a new home for the “Ajuda de Berço” society (a non-profit organization that takes care of abandoned babies and small children). The new house was inaugurated the 8th july of 2004, being the result of the refurbishing of a set of rundown rural dwellings, offered by the Lisbon town hall. The architecture proposal merges the set of dwellings into just one house, but keeps the outer façades' design. The new house is now divided in three major areas: the Administrative Area, the Central Area and the Babies Area, with three different colours in the corresponding outer façades (blue, yellow and red). In the inside, next to the courtyard (an open air playground for  the children), a new solid volume appears, coated with copper.