Cut Ceilings and Dyslexic Ornaments

Cut Ceilings and Dyslexic Ornaments
Frederico Martinho

Cut Ceilings and Dyslexic Ornaments

The full whiteness of the of a small traditional house is interrupted by cuts that display natural materials. 

photo_credit Frederico Martinho
Frederico Martinho

Inside, two types of white ceilings are purposefully incomplete, revealing the wood beams that hold the first floor and the roof structure. As a result, clear spatial centers are defined for both the social areas and the bedroom: one in the shape of a cross and another in the shape of a circle, respectively. 

photo_credit Frederico Martinho
Frederico Martinho

Outside, pieces of pink limestone are scattered along three of the four white facades of the house, randomly highlighting specific architectural moments: corners, edges, friezes, window frames and the entrance door. 

photo_credit Frederico Martinho
Frederico Martinho

There’s an overall sense of a ruin-type building, both inside and out.

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