House With a Curved Wall / fala

House With a Curved Wall / fala
House With a Curved Wall / fala - Door, Windows, Facade
© Ricardo Loureiro

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  • Architects: fala
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  100
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Ricardo Loureiro
  • Landscape Architect: João Magalhães
  • Contractor: Maxrenova lda
  • Project Team: Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Julia Andreychenko, Rute Peixoto, Lera Samovich, Elisa Sassi, Paulo Sousa
  • City: Oporto
  • Country: Portugal
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Text description provided by the architects. The derelict construction was found on an unremarkable neighbourhood, hiding a deep and generous garden; the proud pitched roof distinguished the otherwise trivial architecture.

House With a Curved Wall / fala - Image 2 of 12
© Ricardo Loureiro

After reseting the construction to a bare structural existence, the inner space was solved with the precise placement of a gently curved wall as a separation between the public and private programs. The intersection of the existing walls, the sloped roof and the new wall resulted in a complex geometrical form. Through the new wide window, a clear tension towards the picturesque garden was created.

House With a Curved Wall / fala - Sofa
© Ricardo Loureiro

The main space, loosely populated by furniture, showcases four blue doors (leading to the small lobby, bedroom, bathroom or attic), a circular opening, various plants and an elegant metal pole that symbolically marks the highest point of the otherwise humble construction. A selected number of elements - doors, kitchen and furniture - were painted in strong colours contrasting with the general abstract whiteness of the room.

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House With a Curved Wall / fala - Bed, Bedroom
© Ricardo Loureiro

The wall facing the street was plastered and the entrance door painted in heavy salmon-pink; the greenish-blue gate, when closed, completes the deconstructed composition. A thin metal surface extends over the white volume as if made of paper: the light metal roof becomes the prominent urban element defining the image of the house, its houseness. While the interiors form a unity characterised by whiteness and precision, the outside expression is that of a loose juxtaposition of constructive elements. Ultimately the house is a rather conventional building, but unusually vivid.

House With a Curved Wall / fala - Image 5 of 12
© Ricardo Loureiro

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Cite: "House With a Curved Wall / fala" 02 Nov 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/904823/house-with-a-curved-wall-fala-atelier> ISSN 0719-8884

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