OODA’s Liga HQ in Porto — a facility that houses the Portuguese Football League’s headquarters — represents a sophisticated architectural intervention that reimagines the relationship between institutional sports facilities and urban public space. The multifunctional complex transcends conventional administrative buildings by integrating diverse programs, including offices, a museum, an auditorium, a sports pavilion, and expansive gardens within a cohesive design inspired by football’s elemental simplicity.

The Liga HQ’s striking visual identity emerges from its two primary components – an expansive green roof extending the adjacent riverside park’s landscape, and a luminous cube-shaped tower clad in hexagonal white panels that subtly reference football iconography through their ball-like texture. This dual composition achieves both symbolic resonance and practical urban connectivity, with the public square at its base serving as both a civic gathering space and a transitional zone between city and institution.

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