Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité

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  • Architects: Atelier Réalité
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1615 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Francisco Nogueira
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Fritz Hansen, Geberit, Vibia, ATELIER FÁTIMA NETO, Agape, Atelier Saraiva Lobo, BRUMA, Bachmann, Barroficina, Berker, Bosch, Branca Lisboa, CIFIAL, Chama, Cold picnic, EO, Flos, Foscarini, Mater, +15
  • Lead Architects: Mariana Póvoa, Sílvia Rocio, Pedro Pedroso
Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography
© Francisco Nogueira

Text description provided by the architects. The project converted this apartment, uncharacteristic and outdated, into an apartment of exception, distinguished by its contemporary image and new functional organization compliant with the flexibility desired by the client. A greater relation between the different spaces was achieved by creating and enhancing the visual axes along the apartment.

Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography
© Francisco Nogueira

The living room at the lower floor becomes frankly related to the upper floor by removing the slab between floors. A mezzanine is created, and it performs as the linking space between the living room, now with a double height ceiling, and the bedroom located on the upper floor.

Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography, Living Room, Table
© Francisco Nogueira
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Plans
Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Countertop
© Francisco Nogueira

The use of the wood in the new build elements pursue, empirically, the comfort and environment of a beach house. These new elements juxtapose themselves to the pre-existing structure of the apartment, generating new relations between the spaces.

Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography, Wood
© Francisco Nogueira
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Sections
Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Interior Photography, Bedroom
© Francisco Nogueira

The introduction of the curtain, as a scenic element, allows several spatial definitions and different ways of inhabiting the house, allowing a continuous and spontaneous process of transformation.

Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité - Exterior Photography, Wood, Deck
© Francisco Nogueira

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Address:Santa Cruz, Torres Vedras, Portugal

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Cite: "Apartment in Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité" [Apartamento em Santa Cruz / Atelier Réalité] 14 Apr 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/937344/apartment-in-santa-cruz-bala-atelier> ISSN 0719-8884

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