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António Nunes' House

ANTÓNIO NUNES' HOUSE

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António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

ARCHITECTS
ateliermob

ANTHROPOLOGY
Ana Catarino

LEAD ARCHITECT
Tiago Mota Saraiva

PROJECT TEAM
Andreia Salavessa, Paula Miranda, Marta Vieira, Cristina Romão, Mariana Robalo, Diana Amaral, Adriana Gil, Carolina Battle Y Font, Ana Rita Nunes, Raquel Coronel, Rita Rodrigues, Ana Catarino

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EACE – Eng.º João Caramelo

STRUCTURES
BETAR – Eng.º José Pedro Ferreira Venâncio

ELECTRICITY
EACE – Eng.º João Caramelo

HYDRAULIC
BETAR – Eng.ª Andreia Cardoso

MANUFACTURERS
CS Telhas, Cinca, Extrusal, Knauf, Vicaima, Gresco, Sedacor Divina

CLIENTS
António Nunes

AREA
1765 ft²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Pedrógão Grande, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

Text description provided by architect.

On the 17th June 2017 a major wildfire started at Pedrógão Grande and spread through the forest to Figueiró dos Vinhos, Castanheira de Pêra, Sertã, Penela, Góis and Pampilhosa da Serra affecting around 500 houses (259 of which were primary homes). 64 people died trying to escape the fires.

Following the tragedy, citizens and institutions made donations to help the reconstruction of the houses and lives affected by the fires.

António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, responsible for one of the major funds, contracted Working with the 99%, Coop to provide technical assistance to the houses' reconstruction process, in which Ateliermob made the projects for 7 houses.

More than just rebuilding the lost houses as they were, our main goal was to improve the living conditions of these communities, with particular attention to the fact that most of the population was elderly.

António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

ANTÓNIO NUNES' HOUSE

The preservation of the stone walls was an important principle in this process, in order to keep the memory of the destroyed houses as well as the strong image of the houses of this area of Portugal.

We kept the general volume of the house as well as the interior stone walls, changing only the necessary to accommodate the new program and infrastructures.

António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

In order to design a perfectly acessible house, we centered the program in a single floor – the upper one, leaving the lower to storage.

The fireplace is the central element of the social space of the house.

A big southeast oppening is directly related to the patio providing light and ventilation.

António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG


António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
António Nunes' House
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG


António Nunes' House
East elevation
António Nunes' House
South elevation


António Nunes' House
Roof plan
António Nunes' House
Ground floor plan
António Nunes' House
1st floor plan


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