Miguel Marcelino Arquitecto, Lda.

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)

CASAL SALOIO – MUSEUM OF RURALITY

Miguel Marcelino

WORK SUPERVISION
Ryb

AREA
472 m²

YEAR
2023

MANUFACTURERS
Bona, Daisalux, Diasen, O/m Light - Osvaldo Matos

LEAD ARCHITECT
Miguel Marcelino

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Rui Batista

LANDSCAPE
Paulo Palma

STRUCTURES
A2p

HYDRAULICS
Augusto Macedo

COLLABORATOR
Rafael Ramalho, João Neto, Martina Cappellini, Mariana Almeida

ELECTRICAL
Ohmsor

FIRE PROTECTION
Etu

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Loviril

CLIENT
Município De Cascais

LOCATION
São Domingos De Rana, Portugal

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)

The Casal Saloio de Outeiro de Polima is one of the few examples that document the first occupations of this territory.

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)

It is an old and humble rural house that has undergone successive changes and expansions over time until it is now transformed into a museum space.

In its genesis it was just a simple compartment, then it gained an annex room, then a side wing, a stone oven, the corral, and the second floor, and again more other annexes.

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)

At one point two buttresses were added to contain structural problems.

The constructive logic has always been that of informality and the mere supply of needs.

With so many layers of transformations, it was decided to consolidate the old rural house in its last recognizable configuration, being able to read its evolution through the broken and uneven geometry.

Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)

The new expansion consists of two new volumes intersecting in an L, forming a courtyard with the existing set and adopting a similar shape and scale, continuing, now in the XXI century, the logic of successive expansions and intersections that characterize it.


Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)
Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (Photo By Lourenço T. Abreu)


Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
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Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
Plan-Location© Archive Miguel Marcelino


Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
Plans© Archive Miguel Marcelino


Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
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Casal Saloio – Museum of Rurality
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