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Architects: Camarim Arquitectos
- Area: 146 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Nelson Garrido
![Apartamento 1757 / Camarim Arquitectos - Windows, Facade, Cityscape](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/552c/91c0/e58e/cebf/5400/0194/large_jpg/P038_2280px_Photo-03.jpg?1428984247)
Text description provided by the architects. This multi-family housing building is located in Príncipe Real in Lisbon and was built in 1757, 2 years after the 9.0 Richter-scale earthquake.
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Our client wanted to renovate the upper floor flat - simplify its layout and adjust it to the life of a modern family - while respecting the building’s constructive logic and the spirit and scale of the historic district.
![Apartamento 1757 / Camarim Arquitectos - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/552c/94b2/e58e/cebf/5400/019e/medium_jpg/P038_2280px_Photo-28.jpg?1428984991)
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The roof’s apex defines the border between the living room - with a horizontal window overlooking the garden - and the bedrooms - with dormer windows. Bathrooms, kitchen and larder are grouped in an irregular-shape volume that differentiates spaces and uses in an easy, informal fashion, without doors or corridors.
![Apartamento 1757 / Camarim Arquitectos - Handrail, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/552c/92bb/e58e/ce2c/fd00/01cb/large_jpg/P038_2280px_Photo-11.jpg?1428984497)
The materials - limestone, solid wood and plaster - are taken from the original apartment but their combination and design are boldly modern. The horizontal window is as wide as the apartment and is composed of 3 filters - glass, translucent glass and sliding shutters – that assure shading and privacy and echo the intermittence and texture of the windows in the lower floors.
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