Outeiro House

Outeiro House
© João Ferrand

OUTEIRO HOUSE

 EZZO

Architects
EZZO

LOCATION
Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
165.0 m²

PROJECT YEAR
2011

PHOTOGRAPHS
João Ferrand

Text description provided by architect.

The objective of the project was the conversion of an old house in the area of Porto historical center. The question was to create a single-family house to the 21st century way of living.

The house is located in Massarelos, in a tiny picturesque street. During the nineteenth century, Massarelos was one of the areas chosen by the British to build their houses and farmers.

Outeiro House
© João Ferrand
Outeiro House
© João Ferrand

In the bucolic setting, which led to the creation of several footpaths in 2001 (European Capital of Culture), matrix and rural bourgeois, called "Romantic Roads", this was a very active industrially place during the nineteenth century.

Given the overriding need to maintain the facade and the existing industrial character of some buildings in the area, we decided to retain the existing facade and the remaining outer walls of the ground and put the new concrete volume in the interior.

Outeiro House
© João Ferrand
Outeiro House
© João Ferrand

To preserve the traditional surroundings of the site, the house itself becomes a kind of enclosure were the exteriors spaces expand into the interior.

The volume of the house is bordered by buildings within the North and South and away from facades, which remained to east and west.

From a material point of view the facade is a passive element, the vertical glass panels give depth to the interior, so you can see and feel the neighboring spaces.

Outeiro House
© João Ferrand
Outeiro House
© João Ferrand
Outeiro House
© João Ferrand

Inside, the house is organized on three floors through a central staircase that distributes the inside spaces.

Outeiro House
© João Ferrand
Outeiro House
© João Ferrand


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