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Architects: Aires Mateus
- Area: 408 m²
- Year: 2003
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Photographs:Daniel Malhão
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Text description provided by the architects. An ancient winery is rehabilitated. Its main attributes are a wide space and thick walls. Though introducing a new program, the universal character of the space remains. Together with the existing wall, a new thick wall houses all of the social functions on the main level.
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Stairs within the thick wall and day lit from above make the light transition from social to private space. The more private areas – bedrooms, bathrooms and a studio– are conceived as habitable volumes in an “impossible” balance, structuring the space. The volumes, articulated by light, modulate the main space of the lower living room, emphasizing its breadth.
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