House in Aldoar / Topos Atelier de Arquitectura

Architect: Topos Atelier de Arquitectura, Lda
Location: Porto, Portugal
Project Team: Jean Pierre Porcher, Margarida Oliveira and Albino Freitas
Collaborators: Sofia Lima, Michael Ferreira
Project Area: 485.00 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Xavier Antunes

The idea of a house structured by a continuous uncoated white concrete wall came to mind while walking along a Richard Serra steel spiral. It starts on the fireplace and extends to the plot limits. In analogy we aimed at two situations: on the inside “an emotion’s machine” and on the outside the object’s unity and its simplicity towards the surroundings.