House in Rua das Praças

HOUSE IN RUA DAS PRACAS

Ricardo Bak Gordon

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

YEAR
2020

HYDRAULICS AND MECHANICS
João Guimarães

AREA
3605 ft2

CONTRACTOR
Pereira & Coutinho SA

COST
605.000,00 €

DATE
Projeto 2010-18 / Obra 2018-20

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Ricardo Bak Gordon

LOCATION
Lisbon, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

 FOUNDATIONS AND STRUCTURERS
JETsj

 ELECTRICS, TETECOMMUNICATIONS, SECURITY
Campos Vieira

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

Bairro da Lapa is a historic neighborhood in Lisbon after the earthquake. Predominantly residential, its buildings (occupying one of the city’s hills overlooking the river) has both popular and aristocratic features.

Its palaces and mansions were occupied by most of the foreign embassies present in Portugal.

The scale of the buildings, being homogeneous in height, is morphological diversified, in the finishes of the facades and the colors of the painted plasters that surround the rhythmed openings.

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

The construction, which occupies the entire corner plot disposed in the intersection of Rua das Praças and Rua de São Félix, is organized vertically over five floors. All of them above ground.

The first floor is dedicated to the entrance and parking and is the only one that differs from the others in the characterization of the façade.

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

From there up we find a ruled design in the elevations, almost austere, alternating the delicate openings with modular panels in pink concrete.

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

Each floor corresponds to a house function, starting in the bedrooms, passing through the common room and ending in the dining area, which opens onto a terrace over the river as a result of the recessed top floor.

House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira
House in Rua das Praças
© Francisco Nogueira

The wood that differentiates the ground floor exterior claddings from the entrance and basement of the house, contrasts strongly with the pink tone above, chosen in continuity with the palette of colors present in the neighborhood.


House in Rua das Praças
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House in Rua das Praças
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