House of Countless Windows / fala

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Lisboa, Portugal
  • Category: Houses
  • Project Team: Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Lera Samovich, Joana Sendas, João Carlos Lopes, Kentaro Hayashi
  • Engineering: Paulo Sousa, MP+PF
  • Landscape Design: João Magalhães
  • Contractor: OGC
  • City: Lisboa
  • Country: Portugal
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Text description provided by the architects. The house has more levels and windows than a typical house in similar circumstances normally would. From an outside perspective, the house is both much bigger and much smaller than what would be expected. The rigid rhythm of small openings meets an ordered interior, where living spaces unfold left and right from the central staircase. Inside, a system of split levels is disguised between the slab thicknesses that disappear between the windows. Within the outer perimeter, none of the walls remain opaque; instead, a sequence of transversal glass brick walls on every level divides the spaces while still allowing a blurry glimpse from one to the next. On the top floor, the main spaces find themselves nestled under a vaulted ceiling—the only exception within the otherwise strict system.

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Cite: "House of Countless Windows / fala" [Casa das Inúmeras Janelas / fala] 11 Jun 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1017522/house-of-countless-windows-fala> ISSN 0719-8884

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