Grau . Zero Arquitectura

SgLight House

SgLight House
© Manuel Correia

SGLIGHT HOUSE

Grau.zero

LOCATION
Santo Tirso, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

ARCHITECTS
Grau.zero

AREA
240.0 m²

YEAR
2006

PHOTOGRAPHS
Manuel Correia

Text description provided by architect.

With the use of maxima deployment allowed by ground in its vertical projection, resulted the volume of the building.

SgLight House
© Manuel Correia
SgLight House
© Manuel Correia

The idea was blend a sculpture image with architectural needs, making them ambiguous, was the proposal made to the owner, as a work premise.

We used a 10 ° flexion in two volumes, in order to maintain among themselves a common language.

The application of bending, runs one of the volumes in its horizontal axis, and the other in its vertical axis.

SgLight House
© Manuel Correia
SgLight House
© Manuel Correia
SgLight House
© Manuel Correia

This gesture created a distant positioning to a formal level between the two block, allowing however have several readings volumes.

These large volumes almost blind, provides you a very strong image.

Between the "bodies" happens the entry, where highlights, through a sectioning of the volume on the horizontal axis.

SgLight House
© Manuel Correia
SgLight House
© Manuel Correia

The organization of space, starts in the north wing of the house, a relationship between the house and an existing elementary school.

Sought to break with some of the architectural forms of identification, especially outside windows that were used in the smallest possible number. Lighting/ventilation of rooms happens from individual small patios.

SgLight House
© Manuel Correia


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section AA
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section BB
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section CC
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section DD
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East Elevation
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West Elevation
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South Elevation
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North Elevation


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Ground floor plan
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Roof plan
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