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Residência Barra do Una

Residência Barra do Una
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Barra do Una Residence

Renovation and addition to an existing residence with an original design from the year 1996 by the architectural office. Designed to be a simple and practical beach house, it has a small square footage and interconnected rooms, using materials and construction techniques typical of the region.

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Exposed brick and painted masonry walls predominate, while the mezzanines feature rough wooden floors, and the ground floor has cement floors throughout. From its inception, the project was conceived in three stages, with distinct yet interconnected blocks.

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In the front block, which was the first to be built, a double-height ceiling was created above the living area, leading to a mezzanine used as a bedroom. Apart from the bathroom on the ground floor, there are no enclosed rooms in the layout. Instead, the remaining spaces are all interconnected, emphasizing natural light and cross ventilation.

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The next construction stage introduced the covered veranda and the second block, a volume of conventional masonry painted blue. With a gable roof and gardens on both sides, the spacious veranda connects the front block with the rear block, which includes a living area, a mezzanine (used as a second bedroom), and a bathroom.

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vasco lopes

The veranda also accommodates outdoor living and dining areas, spaces for hanging hammocks, and a barbecue built as a single masonry volume painted yellow, contrasting with the blue volumes of the rest of the house. The third and final addition to the construction was the white-painted masonry block connected to the second volume, where there is a third bedroom and a storage room facing the back of the plot.

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