Santa Clara 1728
SANTA CLARA 1728
Aires Mateus
CATEGORY
Renovation, Interior Design
LOCATION
Lisbon, Portugal
AREA
1115 m²
ARCHITECTS
Aires Mateus
PHOTOGRAPHS
Juan Rodriguez, Francesco Martello, Renée Kemps
YEAR
2016
INTERIORS
Luz Jiménez, Sara Calem, Maria Bello, Pauline Gasqueton
ENGINEERING
Betar + Prom&e
LANDSCAPE
PROAP
CONSTRUCTION
Manuel Mateus Frazão
COORDINATION
Maria Rebelo Pinto
AUTHORS
Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus
Text description provided by architect.
The Santa Clara project envisioned the renovation of a building in Lisbon.
A building with undefined history, with different construction periods and transformations, as it is common in historically rich areas.
The goal was to construct a building that reflects the living experience of the city.
A search, not done by the reproduction of traditional elements, but by a recombination of elements, materials, atmospheres and proportions, to bring back this idea of living.
A plain architecture, that combines few elements, while striving for quality in the use of real materials. An idea of authenticity and, therefore, an idea of timelessness.
