![Pala Living Room / Nuno Melo Sousa - Windows, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/54e6/a58a/e58e/ce7f/c300/0090/large_jpg/JOSE_CAMPOS_TO_NUNO_SOUSA.jpg?1424401791)
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Architects: Nuno Melo Sousa
- Area: 36 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:José Campos
![Pala Living Room / Nuno Melo Sousa - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/54e6/a5ee/e58e/ce76/a200/0092/medium_jpg/JOSE_CAMPOS_TO_NUNO_SOUSA-23.jpg?1424401893)
Text description provided by the architects. A house as a sum of attachments, without a living area.
Among the volumetric shapes and add-ons, a patio.
A horizontal platform and two black volumes.
![Pala Living Room / Nuno Melo Sousa - Table, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/54e6/a5d7/e58e/ce7f/c300/0095/medium_jpg/JOSE_CAMPOS_TO_NUNO_SOUSA-15.jpg?1424401870)
In order not to disrupt the house´s daily life, the main structure was built without destroying the existent windowed yellow wall. Thus, the project comes up with the idea of placing a slab in exposed concrete that supports the existing coverage and stands in tension with the movement of the upper bound gallery.
![Pala Living Room / Nuno Melo Sousa - Facade, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/54e6/a5fa/e58e/ce33/a800/009c/medium_jpg/JOSE_CAMPOS_TO_NUNO_SOUSA-24.jpg?1424401906)
A large skylight emerges in traditional slate shingles, evoking the same material use as the existent vernacular kitchen on the plot´s opposite side and providing light and ventilation to the new living room. The existing pavement was kept as well as the existent roof.
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After the implementation of the concrete slab and supporting elements, the wall that once bordered the narrow living space, was finally demolished, connecting the new space and the corridor.
![Pala Living Room / Nuno Melo Sousa - Table, Beam, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/54e6/a5a5/e58e/ce76/a200/008f/medium_jpg/JOSE_CAMPOS_TO_NUNO_SOUSA-4.jpg?1424401810)