Carvalho Araújo

Lar Casa de Magalhaes

Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo

LAR CASA DE MAGALHAES

Carvalho Araújo

ARCHITECTS
Carvalho Araújo

ARCHITECTS
Atelier Carvalho Araújo - José Manuel Carvalho Araújo

DESIGN TEAM
Joel Moniz, Alexandre Branco, Sandra Ferreira, Mónica Peixoto, Liliana Costa, Ana Vilar, Lília Costa, Nuno Vieira, Filipe Russell

CLIENT
C. M. de Ponte de Lima - Casa do Povo

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
PONTE DE LIMA, PORTUGAL

CATEGORY
Houses

Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo
Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo

Inside a white house lives a lady without progeny. She donates the land, home and attachments to build a home for the elderly.

Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo
Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo

She only requires that the construction be done prior to her death. It all starts from the house; it is the center and the symbol.

The building of the home for the elderly results from the expansion of the platform floor of the existing house.

In the center are built two courtyards, one social and one for services, dematerializing the built mass, as if a part of the building had been removed, exposing its interior. You realize there's life and movement.

Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo
Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo

Outside, the rhythm of the facade refers to the tree trunks, a blending option, highlighting the existing houses, white-washed.

Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo
Lar Casa de Magalhaes
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo


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