![AADD House / Helder de Carvalho - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/648a/b3fc/4b23/f900/01f9/newsletter/FIRTS.jpg?1361423966)
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Architects: Helder de Carvalho
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:José Campos
What would it be like if I had grown up in this place?
What would it be like if I knew the reality of a friend?
![AADD House / Helder de Carvalho - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/64cd/b3fc/4b23/f900/020a/newsletter/House_AADD-31.jpg?1361274055)
A field of generous proportions that included a wall, two staircases and columns of granite, which lead into an imaginary house, here the basis of the project had to be thought of as two platforms.
![AADD House / Helder de Carvalho - Image 5 of 20](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/64b2/b3fc/4b64/c200/0203/newsletter/House_AADD-21.jpg?1361274029)
One superior platform has an enterance point, that can be seen through the fence, and one inferior platform that is quiet and gives privacy and a new meaning to the word comfort.
![AADD House / Helder de Carvalho - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/64cc/b3fc/4bdc/c200/0209/medium_jpg/House_AADD-27.jpg?1361274053)
There are panels and doors that open into spaces, showing details of simplicity, there are also views and luminosity between the floors which completes and delights the senses.
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/64c7/b3fc/4bda/7400/0207/newsletter/houseAADD_PL0.jpg?1361274034)
The different perspectives of this home shows us a peaceful haven of light and balance creating fascinating spaces that elevate the volumetry.
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5123/64da/b3fc/4b64/c200/020d/newsletter/houseAADD_PL1.jpg?1361274060)