Alentejo
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Project • By GV+Arquitectos • Rural
House in Cercal
In the heart of Alentejo, we’ve found a genuine archetype of a traditional construction, overlooking a stunning landscape. Although located in a privileged location, with difficult access, the existing building, with all its potential, had it’s areas designed in a disjointed and quite confusing way. The interior spaces, including two interdependent bedrooms, took little advantage of natural light as well as the outdoor areas around the house.
Fernando Guerra
On the other hand, the existing garden and swimming pool, targets of recent intervention, immediately proved to be qualitative attributes, to which the project and the intervention strategy itself should enhance.
The challenge that was given to us was to reinv... More
Project • By NOZ ARQUITECTURA • Train stations
arraiolos train station hotel
A disused train station is transformed into a hotel with restaurant and an events space.
NOZ ARQUITECTURA
NOZ ARQUITECTURA
The existing main building of 2 floors - previously the ticket office and station manager accommodation - is turned into a double height restaurant space evoking the grandeur of train stations, overlooking the converted railway turned into a leisure cycle way.
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The station goods warehouse is converted to an events space able to accommodate up to 100 seated attendants in dining tables.
NOZ ARQUITECTURA
NOZ ARQUITECTURA
Between the ticket office, now restaurant, and the goods warehouse lied the toilet facilities. The original facilities building is kept but is now the entrance f... More
Project • By NOZ ARQUITECTURA • Train stations
gourmet tapas bar
This wine tasting and regional food store is the refurbishment of the warehouse of an old train station. the building's facades were in very poor condition and the roof was nonexistent. the bold strategy came from reflecting on whether it made sense to remake the past or rethink the future while respecting the past. the proposal is a symbiosis between the past and the future, based on the restoration of the façades and on a new roof inspired by the volumes of traditional Alentejo chimneys and materialized with a contemporary material that is concrete.
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NOZ ARQUITECTURA
NOZ ARQUITECTURA
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News • News • 15 Mar 2022
FdP house features sustainable Kebony wood to complement the Portuguese landscape
Featuring clean, sleek lines, the FdP house integrates into Alentejo’s landscape by incorporating materials such as Kebony wood, which blends with the surrounding native colours and complements the morphology of the natural landscape.
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Architect Gonçalo Bonniz explains that chromatic integration was a key concept of the design. Alongside Kebony wood, materials used to achieve chromatic harmony include multicoloured slate in shades of grey and brown and concrete with a grey pigment.
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Defined by a dark brown colour that, over time, will acquire a beautiful silver-grey patina when exposed to the elements, Kebony wood is low-maintenance and sustainably sourced. The wood requires no further surface tr... More
Project • By Arkstudio • Private Houses
Porto Covo
Porto Covo is an interior design project for a guesthouse in Porto Covo, Alentejo. The project aims to emphasize the characteristics of the place and its relation to the surroundings.
It is intended to provide the guest with a unique experience associated with the beauty and tranquility of the Alentejo’s landscape, therefore we used natural, local materials and crafts typical from Alentejo. These were combined with decorative pieces from diverse geographies to create an eclectic, calm, and pluralistic atmosphere. More
Project • By Atelier DATA • Private Houses
CASA SOL
The house is located in Vilamoura, municipality of Loulé, one of the most touristic places in Algarve and one of the top vacation destinations of the Portuguese.
Set in a neighbourhood of single-family houses, the project focused on an existing building dating from the 80s and on which it was proposed an intervention aimed at expansion and adaptation to a new program.
Thus, the project of rehabilitation / expansion focused on the following principles:
:: Designing a solution that articulates the pre-existing construction with a proposal of expansion able to interpret the housing program and fit simultaneously to the pre-existing construction.
:: Invest on a clear distinction between private and social areas, taking advantage... More