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One Equals Two
One Equals Two
Braga, Portugal
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One Equals Two
Braga, Portugal
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
The project stemmed from a specific request from the client: to create a house with two homes.
The client is a large family composed of two groups:
- The grandmother and one of her sons;
- The daughter with her husband, and their three children - the grandmother’s grandchildren.
The aim was, therefore, to design a single building capable of accommodating two independent living spaces, allowing each household to maintain privacy and autonomous use while still enabling immediate and daily contact whenever desired.
The intervention site was an existing building in the centre of Braga, comprising two units: A commercial and service
space operating as a mechanical workshop on the ground floor; And a residential unit with an entrance at ground level but with the main living areas located on the upper floor.
The project focused solely on the residential unit.
This unit also had access to an attic area, reached from the upper floor via a service staircase within the dwelling.
The space was usable but had limited headroom and only one opening towards the rear terrace, on the Eastern side of the building.
The project strategy for dividing the unit into two “apartments” was to preserve the existing main living floor as much as possible and to intervene primarily on the attic level, converting it into a new residential space.
In addition to a general refurbishment of all interior areas and façades, two main interventions were carried out: The reconstruction of the building’s roof, increasing the ceiling height and transforming the attic into an independent two-bedroom apartment with openings to the East and West; And the reconfiguration of the vertical circulation, creating a single access core to serve both residential units instead of the two separate staircases that previously existed.
What was once One became Two – One equals Two.
The client is a large family composed of two groups:
- The grandmother and one of her sons;
- The daughter with her husband, and their three children - the grandmother’s grandchildren.
The aim was, therefore, to design a single building capable of accommodating two independent living spaces, allowing each household to maintain privacy and autonomous use while still enabling immediate and daily contact whenever desired.
The intervention site was an existing building in the centre of Braga, comprising two units: A commercial and service
space operating as a mechanical workshop on the ground floor; And a residential unit with an entrance at ground level but with the main living areas located on the upper floor.
The project focused solely on the residential unit.
This unit also had access to an attic area, reached from the upper floor via a service staircase within the dwelling.
The space was usable but had limited headroom and only one opening towards the rear terrace, on the Eastern side of the building.
The project strategy for dividing the unit into two “apartments” was to preserve the existing main living floor as much as possible and to intervene primarily on the attic level, converting it into a new residential space.
In addition to a general refurbishment of all interior areas and façades, two main interventions were carried out: The reconstruction of the building’s roof, increasing the ceiling height and transforming the attic into an independent two-bedroom apartment with openings to the East and West; And the reconfiguration of the vertical circulation, creating a single access core to serve both residential units instead of the two separate staircases that previously existed.
What was once One became Two – One equals Two.
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