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House In Água D'Alto
House In Água D'Alto
Agua De Alto, Portugal
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House In Água D'Alto
Agua De Alto, Portugal
This
project is located on a plot of land of some interest in a place called Lugar
da Ribeira da Praia. We started from an unusual context, as this plot housed
some ruins at a higher location, naturally kept apart from the surrounding
lower agglomerate with which it apparently dialogues and which we then
designated as “village”.
The
project’s idea is to “fill” the physical emptiness existing in these ruins by
constructing two related modules that overlap each other and are similar to one
another material-wise, but that differ in their limits, making evident the
construction principle based on the loose and mismatched stone of the ruins and
its surrounding walls.
Maintenance
of the ruins’ external walls allowed for keeping its identity and the local’s
memory as well as to stress the present and evolution of concepts and languages
prone to the human experience.
The high
limits of the ruins upon which the stone and blackness of the exterior panels
of the house were set limit the simple and functional white interior that
radiates light and brings life into its interior.
A
privileged view over Vale da Ribeira and the ocean, its sunny location and the
environmental and landscaped components are what makes this construction
respond to a significant amount of elements that together create is
sustainability, via use of solar energy, rain waters for watering and reservoir
filling and for an acoustic and thermally-controlled construction.
project is located on a plot of land of some interest in a place called Lugar
da Ribeira da Praia. We started from an unusual context, as this plot housed
some ruins at a higher location, naturally kept apart from the surrounding
lower agglomerate with which it apparently dialogues and which we then
designated as “village”.
The
project’s idea is to “fill” the physical emptiness existing in these ruins by
constructing two related modules that overlap each other and are similar to one
another material-wise, but that differ in their limits, making evident the
construction principle based on the loose and mismatched stone of the ruins and
its surrounding walls.
Maintenance
of the ruins’ external walls allowed for keeping its identity and the local’s
memory as well as to stress the present and evolution of concepts and languages
prone to the human experience.
The high
limits of the ruins upon which the stone and blackness of the exterior panels
of the house were set limit the simple and functional white interior that
radiates light and brings life into its interior.
A
privileged view over Vale da Ribeira and the ocean, its sunny location and the
environmental and landscaped components are what makes this construction
respond to a significant amount of elements that together create is
sustainability, via use of solar energy, rain waters for watering and reservoir
filling and for an acoustic and thermally-controlled construction.
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