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The single-family house is located on the old land that used to belong to the Pedroso Monastery, in Vila Nova de Gaia, North of Portugal. The old monastery of the Order of São Bento was founded in 867 and after the withdrawal of the Jesuits in 1759, the property was divided and sold. The church of the Monastery remains today as the main church in the parish of Pedroso. José Campos José Campos José Campos José Campos José Campos The plot is very steep and covers two large lots, of the subdivision designed with the objective of safeguarding the existing vegetation and trees. At the limits of the land it is not possible to build walls, only a metal fence will be placed, and th... More

The challenge of the Fisherman's House project was to rehabilitate a single-family house, located in the centre of Trafaria - a fishing village on the left bank of the Tejo River, in front of the city of Lisbon. Throughout the 20th century, silos and other industrial equipment were built in this area and the typical houses of the fishermen began to be replaced by illegal constructions, condemning the small village to urban degradation. Ines Brandao When visiting the place we came across a building in ruins - an old fisherman's house. We walked through the surrounding streets, and we ended up being approached by an old lady who once lived on the upper floor of the main house, who told us how it was like to live there. It was surprising... More

Lapa is located on the outskirts of Santo Tirso, in an old allotment, wedged between the Ave River and the train line to the east, and the national road to the west. Alexandra Brites It is a somewhat atypical subdivision, with inaccuracies in the execution and a disproportionate scale ratio between the space allocated to the public road and the private area of the lots. The rules imposed on the Lapa lot were quite restrictive and as the time available for the project and the work did not admit the possibility of doing an alteration to the allotment project, we assumed the prescriptions for the lot as if it were a physical pre-existence. Alexandra Brites Thus, we started with a parallelepiped volume, defined by the implantation a... More

Defining the corner between the street and the churchyard, the construction rises as a prominent and highly relevant place in the memory of the locals. Therefore, it was important to rebuild the pre-existing façade, which preserved the original architectural elements. It is in this area that the pharmacy takes place, with a privileged connection with the street. Ivo Tavares Studio - Fotografia de arquitectura Ivo Tavares Studio - Fotografia de arquitectura In the west part of the plot, a new volume appears as an expansion. The connection between these two volumes takes place only on the ground level, the 2nd floor being completely independent to guarantee the privacy that the residential use of this floor imposes. It is in... More