Light grey walls

This is a project for the refurbishment of an apartment, in the Alto da Barra Urban Complex, on the outskirts of Lisbon. This neighbourhood, designed by Fernando Silva in the 1970s, is a good example of a happy transposition of the modern urban ideals, which include: freely positioned housing blocks sitting over pilotis, horizontal windows, pre-fabrication of elements, flat usable roof-top, into a domestic architecture of quality which embodies a particular southern and uncomplicated way of living. This is achieved by the clarity in the organization, the ease with which the houses are linked with the underground garages that unite several blocks in a separate circuit, the quality of the green spaces between the buildings and the way these a... More