Hvm House

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

HVM HOUSE

M2.senos

ARCHITECTS
M2.senos

LOCATION
Portugal

BUILDING SERVICES
Mário Castro (Engenheiro Civil)

CATEGORY
Houses

CONSTRUCTION
Licínio Martins Lourenço - Unipessoal

YEAR
2012

The house is located in a residential area near the University of Aveiro. In order to approach the formal language of the university, we chose discreet and compact volumes, clad in exposed brick, a visual balance that supports their integration into the surroundings.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

The formal composition of the house is based on its plastic competence. The volumetric play is enriched by the architectural object, creating balconies, spatial dynamics of flows emphasized the effective presence of the shadows.

With a multi-family program, there are spaces articulated with the outside, turning the experience spaces to the better neighborhoods.

Privacy is guaranteed through the volumetric game of balconies and spatial dynamics.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

The house is laid out on two floors. The ground floor is dedicated to more daytime spaces in strict relation with the exterior, it communicates with the garden and a covered leisure courtyard.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

Thus, the interior face of the site is favored, and the exterior experience is enhanced while increasing the quality of the interior spaces.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

The second floor is home to more private spaces: the bedrooms and a winter room, facing east, which share an private balcony resulting from the dynamics of the volume, enhanced by the texture and color of the exposed brick.

The strength of the house, as well as thermal comfort, are fundamental premises. 

It was very important to have a material to convey constructive confidence with an aging capacity, evolving its characteristics, without degrading.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

On the other hand, the project clients are teachers at the University of Aveiro, whose architecture is in close relationship to exposed brick, and its brand image.

It is in this context that the almost inevitable choice of material arises: Klinker Brown Mondego brick.

We refer to this inevitability due to its aesthetic qualities, not only its performance, but also because this was a familiar material to the clients, who answered their expectations for safety and comfort.

Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio

We went with an intermediate color, not too dark, not too light, to convey comfort and balance. Moreover, this color allowed, as mentioned previously, for a qualitative aging.

Not only was it a specific material, but also a reinforcement of adaptation of other materials used in the house, in particular the elements in natural aluminum and exposed concrete flooring tiles.


Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
Hvm House
© ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio


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