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T+A Azores House
T+A Azores House
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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T+A Azores House
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Set in the historic heart of Ponta Delgada, this house presents itself as an exercise in continuity and respect for time. Built before 1951 and embedded in the city’s consolidated urban fabric, it reaches us with an identity shaped by its scale, its relationship with the garden and the memory accumulated through successive ways of inhabiting. The intervention is guided by an essential principle: preserving what is fundamental. There are no volumetric additions or changes to the building footprint. The project works upon the existing structure, valuing its spatial organisation and carefully adapting it to the demands of contemporary living. The interior is subtly reorganised, improving functionality and comfort without erasing the reading of the original house.
It is on the rear façade, facing the interior of the plot, that the intervention becomes more expressive. The façade is reinterpreted with restraint, through materials that dialogue with the existing ones. Window frames adopt a more contemporary and efficient design, remaining chromatically integrated within the house’s palette, where stone, plaster and wood continue to prevail. Here, the house opens to the garden and the outdoor space is redesigned as a place for leisure and contemplation. The swimming pool emerges as a central element, resting on an elevated timber structure that preserves soil permeability and allows the ground to breathe. The deck extends the interior spaces outward, creating a smooth transition between house and garden. The use of timber with open joints reinforces a sense of lightness and closeness to nature, while the existing patios in volcanic stone are preserved as material witnesses to the place.
The house unfolds over three storeys, articulated through a logic of vertical continuity. Natural light plays a central role, entering through the existing openings and being enhanced in the areas of longer occupation. Inside, priority is given to the recovery of original elements whenever possible — timber floors, window frames, trims and the stairwell — reinforcing the identity of the ensemble and ensuring a continuous reading of the house through time. Private spaces gain greater autonomy through the introduction of en-suite bathrooms, while the common areas become more fluid and generous, promoting visual connections and natural movement between levels.
More than a transformation, this intervention proposes a sensitive reinterpretation of dwelling, where past and present coexist in balance, allowing the house to continue to be lived in with renewed calm and a renewed way of inhabiting.
It is on the rear façade, facing the interior of the plot, that the intervention becomes more expressive. The façade is reinterpreted with restraint, through materials that dialogue with the existing ones. Window frames adopt a more contemporary and efficient design, remaining chromatically integrated within the house’s palette, where stone, plaster and wood continue to prevail. Here, the house opens to the garden and the outdoor space is redesigned as a place for leisure and contemplation. The swimming pool emerges as a central element, resting on an elevated timber structure that preserves soil permeability and allows the ground to breathe. The deck extends the interior spaces outward, creating a smooth transition between house and garden. The use of timber with open joints reinforces a sense of lightness and closeness to nature, while the existing patios in volcanic stone are preserved as material witnesses to the place.
The house unfolds over three storeys, articulated through a logic of vertical continuity. Natural light plays a central role, entering through the existing openings and being enhanced in the areas of longer occupation. Inside, priority is given to the recovery of original elements whenever possible — timber floors, window frames, trims and the stairwell — reinforcing the identity of the ensemble and ensuring a continuous reading of the house through time. Private spaces gain greater autonomy through the introduction of en-suite bathrooms, while the common areas become more fluid and generous, promoting visual connections and natural movement between levels.
More than a transformation, this intervention proposes a sensitive reinterpretation of dwelling, where past and present coexist in balance, allowing the house to continue to be lived in with renewed calm and a renewed way of inhabiting.
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