Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos, Lda.

House In Banzao

House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões

HOUSE IN BANZAO

Frederico Valsassina Arquitecto

PROJECT YEAR
2006

AREA
150.0 m²

LOCATION
Sintra, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses, Adaptive Reuse

Text description provided by architect.

Transforming the store into dwelling: to design a guest house in a place that once served asstorage. 

House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões

A major premise was to give some privacy to guests while creating a zone where the interaction between indoor / outdoor, natural / built is privileged - the articulation of the two objects is very important, it is intended that dialogue.

We decided to create a volume with the same implementation and formal components (sloping roof) of the pre-existence to ensure a hierarchy of objects in confrontation - guest house and main house.

The uniformity of the material coating the entire house is essential to highlight another texture: the many and varied shades produced by pine trees.

House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões


House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões
House In Banzao
© João Carmo Simões


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