Faro Motorcyle Club - Headquarters | Miguel Caetano

The new headquarters of the Faro Motorcycle Club, located in a main avenue in Faro, Portugal, was opened in the club's 30th year. The event marked it out as one of Portugal's and Europe's leading motorcycle clubs.

The project was designed in a way to celebrate and to highlight the importance of the association, with its enterprising, irreverent, creative and social spirit, via an architectural structure that would serve as an icon.

The building can be viewed as two volumes, one being essentially white, recalling the Algarve's architectural tradition, with cubic, easily understood forms, and bereft of decorative elements, mainly housing areas used for the club's internal affairs.

The other is clad in grey Viroc panels, giving it a look that is cutting edge and contemporary, intended more for club members' social activities.

Designed mostly around wood and metal, it is built over two levels, facing the Ria Formosa and has a porch area and terrace which for the summer nights will be transformed into an esplanade.

Its semi-buried basement offers space for storage, parking and a gymnasium which will be rented out by private individuals.

A common room on the ground floor is equipped to hold concerts in, comprising the entrance hall, a bar and a living area, and there is also a kitchen, offices, a gift shop and detached exterior garages that are available for rent.

The first floor is made up of accommodation for travelling bikers, with three rooms and partitions for 18 people, a private kitchen, shower-rooms, a library, and a wide mezzanine over the bar.

Area chart

Site - 36800 sqft
Basement - 10225 sqft
Ground Floor - 5250 sqft
First Floor - 4625 sqft

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