Brandão Costa Arquitectos, Lda.

House in Afife

House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira

HOUSE IN AFIFE

Nuno Brandao Costa

AREA
220.0 m²

YEAR
2004

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Vianna Do Castello, Portugal

Text description provided by architect.

The house, a project for a friend of mine, was meant to fit into the rural scale of the site. 

House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira
House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira

All was therefore mostly kept at ground level, in two separate concrete volumes. Grazing against the existing granite wall that set the geometry of the plan. 

Bedrooms, kitchen, office and garage were condensed together. All with sliding doors and panels and very wide openings to the outside.

House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira
House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira

The living room spans the entire width of the building (10 meters), making it a huge space.

The suite was placed on top of the slab with a sea viewing window, turning the roof into a living space.A wooden veranda widens the house.

House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira
House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira

The scale of the site was always present in every project and construction detail:

Concrete, plaster with iron oxide, solid wooden frames, old Riga wood flooring, stainless-steel sheet-covering, gates and stairs. Outside old irregular granite stone for paths and walls.

House in Afife
© Arménio Teixeira


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Brandão Costa Arquitectos, Lda.
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