Bernardo Rodrigues Architects

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio

Bernardo Rodrigues

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Francesco Ugolotti

CLIENT
Isabel Silva Melo

ENGINEERING
Isabel Ponte

TENDER
Pedro Câmara

CONSTRUCTION
Marco Oliveira

WINDOW FRAMES
Luis Torres

LIGHTING FIXTURES
Mário Medeiros

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paulo Goulart

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Rabo De Peixe, Portugal

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

The breath of creation permeated the house, suddenly brimming with her tools and work.

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart

The sculptor needed to add a compact atelier to her home on the north shore of St. Michael Island, Azores.

Within the farm compound (where two and a half decades ago our first project The Floating Cloud House was idealized), there is now a new workspace sprouting from the kitchen with two clay ovens, an archive, a reception area for clients, and a showroom and workshop area.

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart

The upper south skylight, which drops in the wall, enters the space, pushes the north limit wall out, and exits through a cascade of light, creating the “light fall” window frame from which Belinha will work overlooking the garden.

The building method, rustic and man-made with a team of three: Marco, his father-in-law, and a young helper reflects the site's tactile and rugged character.

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart

Textures are assumed in its crude finishing outside with continuous and curving pouring marks of the single daylong concrete fill, glowing then inside, as a repository of a rich and elevated softly telling treasure, similar to the rocks and sections along the coasts and cliffs of the Azores, isolated in a remote part of the middle island.

Refracting its future miraculous thoughts and stories, treads from a future salvation, a pleasant and pacified smile from a past doom A diamond that is both present and quiet.

Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
© Paulo Goulart


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Diagram
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Diagram


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Elevation
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Elevation


Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Plan
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Frames
Under the Compression of Light - Sculptor Studio
Site plan

Bernardo Rodrigues Architects
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Bernardo Rodrigues Architects
Rua do Pinheiro Manso 266, Porto, Portugal