Casa Vertical

Porto, Portugal

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Casa Vertical

Porto, Portugal

Firm

Tsou Arquitectos

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2023

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

“Casa Vertical” is a single-family house located in the city of Porto, Portugal, on a narrow plot in the downtown area of the city.
The organization of the various spaces is done vertically and develops around a central staircase with the rooms distributed in half floors. The staircase unifies the intervention, where the guardrail unfolds like an origami piece.

The house facade refers to the typical “Porto urban house” elevation composition.
Raw materials such as cement on all floors and soft wood for doors, cabinets and guardrails reinforce the unity of the residential project.

The functional program intended to accommodate living and dining spaces, kitchen and three bedrooms. It was also required to have a closed garage, a small library, as well as an exterior area.

Due to the exiguity of the plot, we were able to use its almost totality of the footprint. Verticality, the construction follows the street front, in the same scale and proportion.

The monolithic character is reinforced by the uniform finish and the stereotomy lines of the facade. We used a smooth plaster finish, as well as special corner profiles to reinforce the stereotomy feel.

The social spaces communicate visually, allowing several parallel experiences in contiguous and autonomous rooms. The semi-basement office is illuminated by the large window that crosses the balcony of the living room.
The private spaces, located on the higher floors, enjoy a design that guarantees privacy.

From the office’s semi-basement, where the old walls of the preexisting building were kept, to the rooftop, the architecture is refined, creating living spaces that are varied, well-lit, with adequate rhythms for everyday life and family events.

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