Two Houses in Dafundo

Two Houses in Dafundo

RVdM Arquitectos

Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Ricardo Vieira De Melo

DESIGN TEAM
Ricardo Senos, Ânia Abrantes, Liliana Simões, Rafaela Naia, Nuno Marques

SPECIALTIES
Aspp Engenheiros Lda

AREA
834 M²

PROJECT
2010

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Cruz Quebrada, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

Text description provided by architect.

The plot has grand variation between levels from the street and the south patio, corresponding to a gap of two floors. On the south side, the place takes advantage of stunning views to the Tagus River and the southern shore.

Two houses for two brothers. It was decided to put one house on top of another.

One benefits from its contact with the private garden, the other benefits from the unobstructed views.

Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

To organize all program variants the volumetric assembly assumes a major role - harmonizing together in an effort to take a clear identity.

Roof and exterior coating create a continuous covering unifying the exterior image.

The final form is a broken volume, an irregular prism that solves the upper program organizing the three floors above the ground level.

Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

The interiors adopt different solutions to common spaces and intimate ones.

Living rooms, kitchens and offices share a kind of open space. Bed rooms offer traditional closed spaces.


Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Two Houses in Dafundo
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG


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