FLUMEN HOUSE

Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal

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FLUMEN HOUSE

Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal

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MUTANT architecture & design

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2024

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

$500K - 1M

Derived from the Latin "FLUMEN", meaning “river,” the name of the project reveals its essence from the outset: a house shaped by the powerful and poetic presence of the Douro River. Set on an 800 m² plot in Gondomar, Porto district, FLUMEN House unfolds across 600 m² of construction distributed over three levels, embedded in a steep and challenging topography.

The site offers a striking panorama over the Douro, a landscape perceived through two distinct readings: one defined by the clear parallelism with the river’s southern bank; the other more intimate and enigmatic, revealing in depth the serpentine path traced by the water. This duality — between clarity and mystery — became the driving force behind the architectural concept.

Following the organization of the program — with the entrance level hosting the social areas and garage, the upper floor accommodating four bedrooms (three suites and a master suite with walk-in closet), and the lower level opening to the garden through an office, games room and lounge — the intention emerged to transform the relationship with the river on each floor.

The solution is born from a single yet defining gesture: a TWIST between the three levels. Each volume is gently rotated in relation to the one below, generating three orientations and three distinct viewpoints over the Douro. This movement not only reshapes the spatial experience — offering a new perception of the river with every change of floor — but also creates balconies, covered terraces and outdoor spaces formed by the interplay and overlap of the volumes.

FLUMEN House thus asserts itself as an architectural piece that echoes the very nature of the river: fluid, shifting and continuously revealing.

1 TWIST = 3 levels + 3 viewpoints.

A home where the landscape is not merely observed — it is reinterpreted at every step.

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