UNYC / Carvalho Araújo

UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Table, Windows, Chair, BedroomUNYC / Carvalho Araújo - FacadeUNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Image 4 of 10UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Image 5 of 10UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - More Images+ 5

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
  • Architects: Carvalho Araújo
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Photographs
    Photographs:NUDO
UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Facade
© NUDO

Text description provided by the architects. The store integrates a housing project designed in the late 60’s, in a composition that reveals a late modernism. The existing space was divided into two distinct zones: a large oor at the ground level and an upper store overlooking the main space and the courtyard to the north.

UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Table, Windows, Chair, Bedroom
© NUDO

UNYC results from the fusion of the intended program with the search for a balance between a male and female space idea. The store and the upper store represent different atmospheres that merge in the center, solving in the staircase and in the transition between doors the complexity of the connection between the different materials and textures. This central space assumes the leading role, not only for its imposing height, but also for being the aggregator element of the remaining spaces. This is where the big table emerges: a functional and symbolic piece, with an intentionally unavoidable presence that materializes what is intended for this space.

Ground Floor Plan

The big window on the main facade plays an important role in the relationship between the interior of the store and the urban space. The imposing but translucent curtain, which both reveals and hides, translates the essence of this space: a place of encounter and intimacy.

UNYC / Carvalho Araújo - Image 4 of 10
© NUDO

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Address:4760 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

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Cite: "UNYC / Carvalho Araújo" 17 Oct 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/881637/unyc-carvalho-araujo> ISSN 0719-8884

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