House in Sátão

House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha

House in Sátão

Jorge Mealha

ARCHITECTS
Jorge Mealha

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jorge Mealha

AREA
388 m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Sátão, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The project of the house of the Sátão aimed the recovering and expanding of an existing house where at the time of its beginning the mother of the client still lived.

House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha

It was a beautiful stone-built house built by his father who carefully selected the material to be assembled.

The house had the peculiarity of owning a water well in its interior and the client made a point concerning its maintaining.

House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha

The various spaces are articulated on both floors through a long corridor.

The stubbornness of the architect, based on the conviction that these stones belonged to that specific site, leads to a new project reusing all the stones of the original house and maintaining the position of its main original body.

House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha

Just like the water well inside. The project maintained the original premise of replicating a preexisting logic by organizing the program around an outside entrance patio.

The project maintains the original premise of replicating preexisting logic by organizing the program around an outside entrance patio.

On the ground floor, a concrete zigzag strap circumvents the new stone body, groups the set of social spaces of the house that form a set the compartments around the courtyard.

House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha

In the upper floor, the set of intimate spaces follows the same logic. The various spaces are articulated on both floors through a long corridor.


House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha


House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha
House in Sátão
© Jorge Mealha


House in Sátão
Upper Floor Plan
House in Sátão
Ground Floor Plan
House in Sátão
Situação


House in Sátão
Floor Plan Sketch
House in Sátão
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