House MR
236 Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
236 Arquitectos
ARCHITECTURE236 Arquitectos
Sebastião Moreira
DESIGN TEAM
Pedro Fael, Miguel Brochado, Miguel Serodio
PHOTOS
Joao Morgado - Architecture Photography (16)
PHOTOGRAPHY
João Morgado
AREA
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
TYPE
Residential › Private House
This project it’s for a house located in Enxomil, on the outskirts of Porto.
The plot has about 1500.00m2, oriented South West, surrounded by densely wooded gardens, in a transitional environment between rurality and urbanity.
The elevation of the land and the neighboring land runs a great risk of flooding.
This has resulted in the need to raise the construction and establish a relationship between the inside and the outside guaranteeing on the one hand a continuity of uses, and the other secures a housing character construction.
Conceptually, we tried to develop the idea of a volume that resulted from the addition of several independent casings.
Each of these enclosures (living space) was treated individually, according to their characteristics and needs, particularly as concerns the orientation, openings and proportions.
Its layout took into account a functional program and distribution pointing to the placement of the reserved areas in the 1st Floor and social areas on Level 0.
The additions of these different spaces and the juxtaposition of the two floors resulted in the image of the house.
The repetition of the 'window' element sought to unify and bring coherence to the white volume, carved and landed in the garden.
