![Alves da Veiga / Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio - Windows, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/58be/bc98/e58e/ceec/8000/032e/newsletter/featured_image.jpg?1488895118)
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Architects: Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio
- Area: 498 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:João Morgado
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Manufacturers: Fabric Porto, Recer, Sanitana, Solar
![Alves da Veiga / Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio - Chair, Windows, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/58be/bd2a/e58e/ceec/8000/0333/medium_jpg/pfarchstudio_15.jpg?1488895266)
Text description provided by the architects. The Alves da Veiga project aimed to reconvert an old typography, built in the nineteenth century and abandoned for decades, in a set of six apartments, maintaining all the structure and spatial concept of preexistence.
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The original building, though appearing from the outside only two storeys, in fact contained a curious floor + mezzanine organization that actually embodied four habitable floors.
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Despite the advanced state of degradation, the industrial austerity that we encountered during the first visits served as a starting point for the definition of the proposal.
![Alves da Veiga / Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio - Windows, Bed, Beam, Bedroom](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/58be/bd61/e58e/ceb4/af00/01e2/newsletter/pfarchstudio_09.jpg?1488895321)
A simple and strict organization where the spaces are strongly illuminated and marked by the double height of the right feet.
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The result is six duplex apartments, where the white walls and ceilings contrasts with the cold concrete in ground floor and heat of the pine on the upper floors.
![Alves da Veiga / Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio - Wood, Stairs, Handrail, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/58be/bd35/e58e/ceb4/af00/01e1/newsletter/pfarchstudio_17.jpg?1488895277)
The staircase, organizer element of the set, is punctuated by a skylight that rescues the light into the building.
![Alves da Veiga / Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/58be/bca3/e58e/ceb4/af00/01dc/newsletter/pfarchstudio_01.jpg?1488895130)