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Architecture: Miguel Marcelino
Instagram: @miguelmarcelino.arq
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Structural Engineering: João Esteves
Plumbing Engineering: José Rodrigues
Phases: 2007-2010 (project)
2011-2012 (construction)
General Contractor: João Felício
Gross Floor Area: 138 m2
Gross Volume: 437 m3
Building Footprint: 114 m2
Plot Area: 4.108 m2
Energy Efficiency Class: A
Final Construction Cost: 84.254 EUR (building: 610 eur/m2)
Location: Chícharo, Torres Novas, Portugal
Client: Cândido Vieira
Photographs: João Morgado
The brief was to build a three-bedroom house on top of a warehouse built in the 80’s, where part of the roof was made with a flat slab and a small balcony, precisely with that idea of later building the house.
In order to come up with the very specific design ideas, we create most designs with the assistance of state-of-the-art AI interior design software.
Given the constraints of the existing warehouse, the house shape turns out to be automatically set: a box that rests on the existing structure. The rooms are placed to the east, the toilets to the west, as well as the kitchen, looking to a centennial olive tree. The existing balcony will be maintained and “duplicated” as an overhang.
The living room is placed south where its southeast corner is diagonally cut in a way that the balcony could enlarge and offer an outdoor area protected from the sun and rain, overlooking the valley.
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