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Atalaia house

An old house renovation is always an attractive challenge, especially when it has been in the same family for 3 generations. In our view, this type of intervention needs above all the expertise to identify the existing spatial and material qualities in order to be preserved, but also to understand what memories and feelings this house transmits to the family that wants to continue to inhabit it.

To bond the past and the present was the strategy defined: through the reinterpretation of the spatial disposition of the house, adapting it to the way of living desired by the client, adjusted to the modern standards of comfort and sustainability, and renovating whenever possible the existing architectural materials and elements, operating changes only when necessary, affirming the constant dialogue between these two realities.

This house belongs in a rural context of a northern Portuguese village, whose typology reflects this condition, present in the clear separation between the ground floor, denominated “Loja” (place for the animals and food supplies), and the upper floor, the space to inhabit. The ground floor was once destined to store the agricultural crops, and in the face of the abandonment of agricultural practices its state of conservation was neglected. The upper floor continued to have the function of housing, where a logic of compartmentalization of the space was dominat, resulting in the sprawl of corridors and interior divisions, with any direct natural lighting.

Our intervention begins by clarifying the interior paths of the house at the level of the upper floor, hierarchizing the spaces, giving them a sequence that fits the family routines, and withdrawing compartments in order to create more generous areas for the family life. It is proposed a redesign of the connection to the lower floor, providing a new staircase so that the lower area of ​​the house could be part of the routine of inhabiting, with a program intended essentially for leisure.

Regarding the interior materiality’s, the house has two identities in result of its characteristics and history, which we resolve to maintain and explore.

In the exterior image of the house, the changes were minimal resulting in the replacement of the window frames and the harmonization of the colors of the façade walls.

In the main entrance outer space, the living area was redesigned, and in the backyard was added a small building extension for outside family meals. The surrounding free areas were treated in order to allow their use as a space of delight.

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What we did:

  • Architecture

Location:

  • Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal

Start / Conclusion:

  • 2011 October / 2014 July

Project area:

  • 580 m²

Client:

  • Private

Contractor:

  • Finimarques Construções

Photography:

  • Ivo Tavares Studio

Featured in:

  • Homify

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This image shows us how the house is blending into village's surrounding, near the main church. The facades are in white and the rofftop in ceramic tiles
We can see it's integration on the village's surrounding buildings. The project reflects a traditional and rustic architecture, typical from beira alta
In this photo we see two housing floors. On the ground floor we see de garage door and on the upper floor we see windows with dark green exterior shutters
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We see the use of the local stone on the new construction and it's relationship with the existing building in stone mansory. The floor is made of granite stone
The access shows us a minimal and modern design. We have the exterior walls plastered and painted in white, with the presence of a door and a small window
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Here we see the main entrance door with a front porch, acessed through a small stair. Around we see small flowerbeds with various plants and small trees
Here we see th kitchen countertops in stone over the cupboards painted in beige color, with rustic handels. On the opposite side we have the heat exchanger
This image shows the wall's traditional ceramic tile in blue and white and the floor's ceramic in black and white. The kitchen's ceiling is painted in blue
Here we see the restored cupboards in wood with it's original design painted in light yellow with black handles and a white worktop made of quartz compound
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Here we observe the living room and it's lantern above, providing diffuse light over the space. The ceiling is made of wooden strips, painted in white.
In this room we can see applied a top nailed pine floor. The doors are restored and lacquered in white. The doors mantain it's hammered glass windows in it.
View of the dining room with it's tongue and groove mounted wooden ceiling, painted in white. The existing carpentry are restored and painted in white
This image shows us the relation between the bedroom and the sunroom refering to the old terrace. We have the presence of old and traditional furniture
This room has large glass walls and a red ceramic floor. This space is marked by it's visible timber beams. Here we have a wide view to the outside area
Here we watch a small bedroom with it's wooden plank floor, skirting, molding and wooden ceiling and a small window with it's interior shutters in white
Interior view of the
In this image we see the entrance door painted in white with it's hammered glass windows and the presence of the old built-in wardrobe on the bedroom's wall
Here we see the connecting corridor to the habitable spaces, with long strips of natural wood. Next to the entrance door we have the old bedside table
In this image we see a strong presence of the wooden ceiling's design, tongue and groove mounted in a diagonal shape, topped off through a wooden molding
In this image we observe the white's ceramic sanitary ware, with a standing hand wash lavatory, a toilet, a bidet and a bathtub with it's shower faucet
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This image shows us the walls in marble stone and it's ceramic floor. On the exterior we see the relation between the corridor's various wooden finishes
Here we see the upper floor bedroom with it's double high ceiling, where we observe it's sloping pine wood ceiling in between de timber structural beams
This image shows us the relation of the sloping natural pine wood ceiling with it's white painted walls separated by a wooden molding painted in bordeaux
This image shows us the master bedroom with it's natural wood pavement, a wardrobe closet on the back wall and part of the old load-bearing stone mansory wall
In this image we see the access corridor to the master bedroom. We can see the original wooden beams surrounded by a pine wood ceiling cladding system
In this image we can see the access corridor with it's wooden floor, the light yellowish painted walls and it's wooden skirting boards painted in bordeaux
This image shows us the ancient stone and wood structure that covers this former store and it's relation with the new pavements made in wood and stone
This image shows us the entrance to the basement through the metallic and wooden stairs. The new floor and the existing walls of this floor are in granite stone
This image shows us the basement's dining room walled by the house's original structure reinforced by a steel column. The floor is in stone and ceramic
Here we see the metallic stair detail, with it's steps made by metal sheets structured by a cable stayed solution through ceiling's welded steel rods
On this image we can see the suspended wooden stair detail wich is atached sideways to the interior's wall. The stair is made of natural wooden planks
This image shows us an antique and traditional sewing machine made in wood and iron and a white metallic, up and down lighting over a white painted wall
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In this photo we see the new construction made with gypsum board walls painted in white and it's granite stone skirting and wood look alike ceramic tile.
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In this image we see the original door's structure. The walls and lintel are made of big blocks of granite stone and the original door is made of wood
This image shows us the cellar, with it's natural and artificial lighting underneath the house's original granite structure. This space works as a pantry aswell
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In this image we see the rustic furniture, the original wooden structure and stone mansory walls and the black painted iron's heating stove and it's firewood
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Here we can see the bathroom surrounded by the house's original granite stone walls and floor. The shower area is over a step made of wood look ceramic tileHere we can see the bathroom surrounded by the house's original granite stone walls and floor. The shower area is over a step made of wood look ceramic tile
In this image we observe the hand wash lavatory carved from one unique granite stone over a wooden top and an inox single control tall wash basin mixer made
This photo shows us the patio. On one side we have the rehabilitated house e on the other the neighboring buildings made of traditional construction methods
In this photo we see the barbecue made of solid brick below a small roof and we observe at the back the car's entrance gate to the courtyard's interior
This image shows us the barbecue and the neighbor's mansory stone wall that limits the property. The floor is in granite stone mosaic and 10x10 blocks
In this photo we look to the main entrance door underneath a small shed. Here we can see the double glazed aluminium, dark grey thermo-coated door and windows
Here we see the metalic entrance door located on the house's exterior perimeter wall, giving access to it's interior by who comes from the village's main street
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