E D & J O house

NOARQ

Project description

The objective of the intervention was to demolish a single-family dwelling and build another one in its place in the centre of Famalicão. The proposal was developed for a triangular urban plot, with a 7.60 m slope down from west to east, so that the elevations in the corner converge with those on the surrounding roads. The existing building was of poor quality. Everything was demolished apart from the garage, below the patio level. The house is developed on two floors. Floor 0 was rehabilitated and expanded, preserving the function of garage, entrance, vertical access and storage area. Floor 1, at the level of the interior of the plot, is where the main structure of the house is – service area, social zone and night area. The land is highly exposed because of the different topographies between the adjoining streets: this is why the house sits 1 m from the western boundary, below the street and does not show any wall or elevation on that side. This is also why the house is open to the east, where light enters the kitchen and the whole south-facing front is open under a curved shade cover. The illumination of the other rooms comes from small patios cut out of the volume.