MCR2 House
Filipe Pina + Maria Ines Costa
ARCHITECTS
Filipe Pina, Maria Ines Costa
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Filipe Pina, Maria Inês Costa
STYLING
Maria João Correia
ENGINEERING
Ricardo Pereira
MANUFACTURERS
Technal, Aleluia Cerâmicas, Efapel, Ofa, Sanitana, Teka, Valvo
CONSTRUCTION
Leonido & Filhos, Lda
COMMUNICATION/DESIGN
João Aparício
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Belmonte, Portugal
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
Located on the bank of the historical National 18 and with a view over the Serra da Estrela, the old house began by occupying the rocks that rose near the stream that flows through it.
Built at the beginning of the 20th century, the shape allows us to guess a two-storey house of humble character.
The agricultural land is extended to the north along the National Road, the house was established to the south, where the rock did not allow any kind of cultivation.
Around the 1950s, an annex was added, which was located to the north of the existing house.
After years of abandonment and the result of a family legacy, the project started from.
The challenge was to control the demanding budget with a simple and flexible program.
The project consists of 3 bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and storage room.
The rooms are divided over the two floors of the granite building.
The pre-existing building was maintained and the idea.
The annex thus serves its own function: in the absence of space, an adjacent space is built.
The common spaces, the kitchen and living room, are in the annex.
In materiality, the new and old were distinguished, sheltered under the same roof:
The rooms are divided over the two floors of the granite building.
The annex proved to be a starting point for the concept of the project.
And this did not allow the preservation of the buildings original functions.
Room that can be converted into a sleeping space in the future.
The house can be a vacation house, a permanent house, or in the future, a guest house.
Regarding the form, the granite and roof prism were extruded.
The idea of interiority is conveyed in the use of the openings, strategically located towards.
the stone and the corrugated sheet, side-by-side and in continuity.
The landscape and by the punctual use of wood.
The need to rehabilitate the building, adapting it to today's modern comfort.
Which simultaneously served the agricultural and residential activity of the family.
