Blogue do Minho: Póvoa de Lanhoso bets on Utopia.

Article published in Blogue do Minho about the evolution of the construction of Utopia Building, on October 19, 2015, by Carlos Gomes.

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"Supported by the Municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, Quercus, University of Minho (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering), among others, the Utopia project was born from the desire of a company linked to the area of new information technologies to have a facility with the least possible impact on the environment and respect for biodiversity in space.

Located 300m from the Cávado River, in Póvoa de Lanhoso, the area of over 1ha of land is surrounded by a stream of crystal clear water, in the middle of a vast agricultural area where grass pastures predominate, characteristic of the Minho region.

The idea came in 2010, when Plako (http://www.plako.eu) - located at the time in the center of the city of Braga - decided to move its headquarters from the big urban center to a rural area and demonstrate that it is possible to continue to grow. From that date until today, Plako is located in the Business Incubator of Ferreiros (Póvoa de Lanhoso) installed in the old elementary school of this parish."