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The building, located on a street in the Historic Center of Vila do Conde (Porto), is located on a plot of approximately 120m2, which, due to its privileged location, enjoys stunning views over the river, city and sea of ​​Vila do Conde. Caption It is a building of current traditional construction, which was in a poor state of general conservation. The rigorous architectural survey and constructive diagnosis were fundamental for the decision-making of the operations to be carried out, allowing the intervention to be, as far as possible, surgical and judicious, with the aim of safeguarding the existing elements that could be conserved, and value the investment by transforming it into 5 different apartments. Caption In this apartm... Altro

The Project is a Medical Breathing and Respiratory Supply Store in MAC Hospital, Puebla. Photo by Amy Bello The main idea is to generate three new spaces with natural lighting trough a roofing game. With less than 30M2 and just one window the client specifies the need of having one small office, a tiny bathroom, and a main sales area. The Architect places both service areas at the bottom of the store so it creates an open space next to the corridor that works as the Medical Breathing and Respiratory Supply Store. Photo by Amy Bello To create the feeling of depth ZD Architecture proposes a matte black floor that becomes a wall but also the roof inside the area. The office has two different heights to ensure natural lighting troug... Altro

The project is a Learning and a Language Center for kids located in Cholula. The main idea emerges as a dialogue between the sun movement and regular floods on rainy season. It is a single 5x5M square for therapies facing south and three services areas (a tiny warehouse, a small kitchen, and a bathroom) facing north.  Photo by Amy Bello The proposal raises the Language Center approximately 50CM to create an air chamber between the building and the ground, so it does not flood on rainy season. Photo by Amy Bello Furthermore, its design allows ZD Architecture to cross through the air chamber plumbing and sanitary installation from the kitchen and bathroom to reach the closest maintenance hole located in the area. The void al... Altro

This project was originally inspired by the defense mechanism of some wild plants against harsh conditions and against being eaten by wild herbivore animals. This protection is mainly done by the thorns on their stems and leaves. Like these plants, people in society become aggressive to protect themselves.  The conditions of the project: This building is situated in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Tehran. It was originally a room made of bricks which was used as a kitchen, but then later was turned into a run-down garage for motorcycles. This building is adjacent to Tehran-Qom highway and local access road on the one side which makes it a very noise-polluted area, and on the other side there is the entrance to a vehicle grave... Altro

The XXS house is a small caretaker's house of a rural tourism, Pe no Monte in Odemira. This square house with 8.40x8.40m marks the route of access through two blind and white walls that lead us to the entrance area of the tourist complex. The contact with the outside is done only by two shaded entry courtyards that ensure good visibility to the owners’ house entrance, vegetable garden and parking. Altro

Il progetto Live nel bosco è stato progettato e sviluppato da PAO architects come concetto di case prefabbricate. Come piccoli spazi abitativi sia che si tratti di cabine, case estive o abitazioni permanenti per persone che cercano la privacy o una casa compatta, giovani famiglie, persone anziane, alloggi per studenti, campeggi e così via. L'idea di questo concetto era quella di creare soluzioni abitative relativamente economiche per piccoli appezzamenti di terreno. L'architettura rappresenta il minimalismo scandinavo, in quanto l'idea principale era quella delle baite per la montagna norvegese. Le case sono progettate con grande attenzione alla razionalità. I maggiori vantaggi di questo design sono un design moderno e... Altro

Live in wood project was designed and developed by PAO architects as a concept of prefabricated houses. As small living spaces whether it's cabins, summer houses or permanent living place for people who looking for privacy or compact house, young families, senior people, student housing, camping houses and etc. The idea of this concept was to create relatively cheap living solution for small land plots. Architecture represents scandinavian minimalism, as the primary idea was cabins for Norwegian mountain. Houses are planned with huge attention to rationality. The biggest benefits of this designs is a modern and contemporary design, with orientation to relatively small budgets, fast construction, adaptive to different sites and the most im... Altro

1.8 M Width HouseA house where light shines in and fresh air flows between the floating floorsCONCEPTThe 1.8M Width House identity and core is the fluidity of its interior space, which moulds together all the rooms and grants the freedom to reinvent each part of the house on a daily base, defying the conventional divisions of living spaces.ARCHITECTUREThe first challenge we had to face with the design of the 1.8M Width House was the juxtaposition of the size of the plot and the spatial and psychological openness the clientsʼ wished for. At a mere 2.5 by 11m, the site is a typical “eelsʼ bed”, where you can, with your arms extended, touch both external walls of the building. To avoid a cramped interior, we focused on keeping as much free spa... Altro

The CASULO studio is a changing space, designed in a container, where we want to demonstrate how today dwelling can be flexible. With this, the project allows different "faces" from the same fixed furniture. What we want is a space that is palpable and experienced by the user, a space that can be touched and unfolded, not only with a simple look, but with the individual curiosity. We imagine an interactive and lively place. The idea is that by simple layouts new systems are established enabling the use environment for different activities. From a living space, a barber or even a small residence. MOUNTING With the emergence of new construction technologies, the container comes as a new alternative. Basically the structure comprises a contain... Altro

This house from 1935 is located on the edge of the hillside of the city. Four rooms with a total area of ​​37 m2, surmounted the ancie ngarage where the soil was clay. The house proved too small and did not show the expected comfort. The project was built by carving subspaces at different heights in the existing volume by offering a true spacial continuity . The client was convinced by discovering the project with a model . The new living space is 80 m2. The project is direct relationship four levels by organizing a volume set double height nested in each other. The workshop, location meditation and utility room have been built in the former garage, while a bedroom and bathroom were installed created on a floor afi n investment volume pe... Altro

Novopie Podiatric Clinic is located in Torrox, a Malaga town, with the tourist slogan: ‘the best weather in Europe’. It is placed in a small shop of 18 square meters, on the ground floor of a residential building, inside of a coastal development built in the seventies. Although the space is limited, the needs are the same than in a regular podiatric clinic: WAITING ROOM, WORKING ROOM and a BATHROOM as basic program. We proposed as additional program a WAREHOUSE, a STOREFRONT and a SHOWER. Every effort is aimed to get EXPAND the 18 square meters. We tried to change something that at the beginning was a disadvantage becomes an advantage. We were looking for a space where the user feel comforted and their senses could awaken. The spa... Altro