Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Exterior Photography, Facade, Door
© José Campos

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  • Architects: Atelier in.vitro
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2691 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Photographs
    Photographs:José Campos
  • Lead Architect: Joana Leandro Vasconcelos
  • Structures: NCREP, Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património, Lda
  • Hydraulics: Eng. Bruno Miranda
  • Mechanical : Niluft Engenharia Lda
  • Electrical: JV Engenharia Unip. Lda
  • Acoustics: Ricardo Silva Engenharia
  • Construction: Lógica2
  • Prize: Honourable Mention Prize Nuno Teotónio Pereira (former IHRU Prize), Category of Housing Buildings
  • City: Porto
  • Country: Portugal
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Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography, Windows, Glass
© José Campos

Text description provided by the architects. The objective was to rehabilitate the Casa do Pinheiro Manso, typical of the XIX century bourgeois Porto, built on a long, narrow lot, with two fronts and a back garden, retaining the original features of the house and providing it with large and bright spaces, more adjusted to the owners’ desire.

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography
© José Campos
Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography, Glass
© José Campos

The ground floor, in a very poor state of conservation, and with a direct relationship with the garden that was intended to enhance, has suffered a major transformation in terms of constructive elements and spatial organization, yet maintaining the social function. On this floor a distinctly contemporary language was assumed through the creation of wider spaces with full-height doors and panels. In particular, in the separation between the kitchen and the living room, a door was built with iron and glass, amplifying the passage of light between spaces, and making their relationship more fluid. 

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography
© José Campos

In the two upper floors, which received the bedrooms and a more private living-room, the intervention included the rehabilitation of the majority of the existing constructive elements such as carpentries, doors, etc. A modern character was given to the new bathrooms, ensuring their adaptation to the current use requirements.

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Bed
© José Campos

The main facade, part of a set of 2 houses built simultaneously, was rehabilitated. On the back facade, which had already been the target of a change in the mid XX century, the windows and doors were increased to ensure a wider connection with the garden: in the main living room, located on the ground floor, by installing a set of harmonic-type doors with about 3.0m high, allowing, particularly in warmer months, the merge between the garden and the room; in the most private living-room, located on the first floor, through the installation of a large window, allowing the usufruct of the view to the garden. 

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Interior Photography, Wood
© José Campos

The combination between the rehabilitation of the existing constructive elements with the materialization of more spacious and modern spaces allowed to fulfill the main objectives of the intervention: respect the architectural and heritage value of the building, taking advantage of it; choose solutions that would enable an experience in accordance with the current comfort standards, concern from the beginning manifested by the owners. 

Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro - Exterior Photography, Facade
© José Campos

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Cite: "Pinheiro House / Atelier in.vitro" [Casa do Pinheiro Manso / Atelier in.vitro] 17 May 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/939517/pinheiro-house-atelier-iitro> ISSN 0719-8884

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