Eugaria House

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

EUGARIA HOUSE

José Adrião Arquitecto

YEAR
2019

AREA
450 m²

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Colares, Portugal

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nuno Almendra

MANUFACTURERS
Berker, Blum, Cin, Oli, Schluter, W2007, Weber, Bosch, Pedra Ataíja, Pedra Mármore Estremoz, Sanitana, Sorisa

LEAD ARCHITECT
José Adrião

MAIN ARCHITECT
Aboim Inglez

DESIGN TEAM
Ana Grácio, Ana Isabel Santos, Garren Boghosian, Margarida Pereira, Ruben Figueiredo, Tomás Forjaz, Tiago Mota

TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES
2h – Estudos E Projetos

MAIN CONTRACTOR
686 Construções

FURNITURE
Barros E Bernards

Text description provided by architect.

This house, which is located on terraced land on the northern slopes of the Serra de Sintra, had undergone a series of modifications over the years.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

All of the houses in the village of Eugaria were built in the same way, creating a settlement with a unique identity and feel.

The house is at the heart of a property that includes a terraced garden, pathways, growing areas, wellheads, courtyards and terraces, seeming to merge gradually into the woodland that swathes the hillside beyond.

In the 1980s, the house underwent a complete renovation, so that only its external walls left unscathed.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

On the inside, it was rebuilt with concrete slabs and brick masonry that was at odds with the original structure and essentially did not resolve basic issues of comfort, leaving insufficient thermal insulation and excessive damp.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

During the 80s, one of the most striking characteristics of the house and the entire estate was its exoticism.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

This stemmed from the sheer diversity of the species living in the garden and the design features that echo the Quinta da Regaleira and were incorporated into the house at the stage of construction, such as wooden doors, metal window frames, and handrails.

The new intervention sought to maintain these distinctive features of the house.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

The entire interior was reconstructed, creating new relationships between the different floors, opening up space for newly defined rooms, and introducing bright new flooring to increase the sense of comfort.

The aim was to enhance the inherent diversity and exoticism, which were prized as a quintessential characteristic of the property.

Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra
Eugaria House
© Nuno Almendra

All of the structural elements that had taken their cue from the Quinta da Regaleira were restored, creating settings that, for all their newness, looked as though they had always been there.


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Eugaria House
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Eugaria House
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Eugaria House
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Eugaria House
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Eugaria House
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