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![Garage House / fala - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5853/81a5/e58e/cebf/5700/01e2/newsletter/118_photo_fg_1.jpg?1481867677)
Text description provided by the architects. The project started with an unconventional request from an open minded couple: within a very tight budget, to convert a windowless 200m2 garage into a house.
![Garage House / fala - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5853/81b4/e58e/ce1f/9600/00ed/newsletter/118_photo_fg_2.jpg?1481867693)
The proposed intervention intended the clearest reading possible of the existing structure, emphasising its strength. While the garage was careless and grey, the house is clean and white; its materiality is flat, its light is abstract.
![Garage House / fala - Table, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5853/8207/e58e/cebf/5700/01e5/newsletter/118_photo_fg_10.jpg?1481867776)
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Two generous bathrooms were included behind a curved wall, where a broken corner was before; the walls and ceilings were painted in white and the floor covered in a continuous polished concrete surface; the existing skylights we’re rethought. No other change felt necessary.
![Garage House / fala - Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5853/81d7/e58e/cebf/5700/01e4/newsletter/118_photo_fg_6.jpg?1481867728)
Carefully placed elements organize the living areas: a marble kitchen, curtains, potted plants. Along with the furniture, the free standing elements carry the flexible identity of the house, hinting its domesticity while punctuating the abstract volume with color.
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