Oriente Green Campus has transformed a stalled mall development into a world-class, academic and innovation hub, designed for wellness and future flexibility.

Oriente Green Campus is transforming an existing concrete structure into a world-class university and innovation campus. Originally designed as a retail mall, construction stalled in 2012, and the unfinished project was a blight on the neighbourhood before its adaptive reuse.
Located near Moscavide train and metro station and Lisbon Portela International Airport, the development serves as a catalyst for transforming the Parque das Nações district into a thriving tech and innovation hub. It aims to drive growth by attracting international talent to bolster the local economy.
The project provides cutting-edge workplaces, balanced with amenities integrated throughout including multi-use spaces, labs, and an auditorium. Flexible office floorplates support custom fit outs for tenants and is mindful of future rethinking. Outdoor landscaping and terraces provide an active environment for users, as well as supporting biodiversity and helping to mitigate the urban heat island effect. At ground level, multiple walking routes, verandas and terraced courtyards are activated by events spaces and food and beverage facilities to support user wellbeing.
The reuse of the original concrete frame has resulted in an estimated 25% reduction of embodied carbon. Green roofs support biodiversity and mitigate the urban heat island effect. Passive and active design techniques have been adopted to reduce whole life carbon, and advance metering will be used to improve operations.

John Bushell, Design Principal, KPF:
The Oriente Green Campus illustrates many key topics we’re working on as architects today. It demonstrates the potential for the creative transformation of existing structures, formed around ecology, natural ventilation, integrated shading, local tradition and arts. It also embraces other considerations required when designing for sustainability, and the ability to design workplaces that benefit the people who work in them and the wider city. We saw the existing structure as a blank canvas and have designed a project with no limits to the imagination, passion and opportunity it presents.