Filipe Pina

Gafanha House

GAFANHA HOUSE

Filipe Pina

Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado

ARCHITECTS
Filipe Pina

MANUFACTURERS
Technal, Aleluia Cerâmicas, Efapel, Ofa, Sanitana, Teka

LEAD ARCHITECT
Filipe Pina

DESIGN / COMMUNICATION
João Aparício

ENGINEERING
Ricardo Reis

CONTRACTOR
Larpronto

PHOTOGRAPHS
João Morgado

AREA
135 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado

Text description provided by architect.

Located in a small village in the interior of Portugal, at 900m altitude, the Gafanha’s House emerges from the need of rehabilitating an existing building occupied by a family member.

Upon requests from the clients and friends, the intervention aims at preserving the whole existing architectural features, as a family legacy of its past.

As a result of that, the granite, typical stone of the region, was maintained, and supplemented in its new elements by concrete. The patios have been added as new living spaces.

Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado

The main drivers of this project were the land configuration, together with the pre-existing volume of this regional traditional house, consisting of an animals’ shelter on the ground floor, and a small living area on the upper floor.

The lower floor, partially located underground, was transformed into an ample living space with clear differentiated functional areas.

Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado

The two patios (towards sunrise and the other one facing south) are independent structures that shape the topography of the surrounding land, creating a feeling of widening and allowing natural light to enter the space.

The upper floor is then composed of the private rooms. Both the scale of the intervention and the village’s identity were present in the architect’s mind during the overall creative and rehabilitation process.

Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado

It was deliberately the intention to preserve the building’s history and to add contemporary elements to it.

From the outside, the stone and concrete robustness from the outside contrast with the white and wood comforting the lightly living interior.

Gafanha House
© João Morgado


Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado
Gafanha House
© João Morgado


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