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Architects: André Simão & Nuno Bessa
- Area: 5080 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Carlos Eduardo Vinagre
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Manufacturers: ASIAGLASS, Celsa, Sosoares
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Text description provided by the architects. The object of this project is a small estate in the rural interior of the county of Barcelos, in the north of Portugal, where there was a farmer's house and a sequeiro (a vernacular architectural structure used to dry and store cereals). The facade, almost without windows, describes a long curve following the shape of the street, which closes over the interior of the property, like a rolled-up cat. After being numbered and disassembled, the elements of the existing stone masonry were recombined, creating the geometry of a new elevation, facing the garden. Behind this puzzle of built memory, a secondary glazed facade was conceived, privileging the connection with the natural landscape.
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The private and service areas are facing east, while the social area, facing south, proposes the free and exploratory use of a succession of mezzanines. At the northern end of the house, a suspended body - the painting studio - swings beyond the old stones of the primitive structure, challenging the surrounding landscape.
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The house faces the street like a blank canvas, laconic and abstract, returning the shadows of the neighboring buildings.
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I asked the owners, with whom a strong dialectical relationship had been established during the process: "what name would you give to your house?". Their answer honors one of the trees that, without leaving the garden, enters the “Persimmon tree house” every day.
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