![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Exterior Photography, Windows, Door, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6424/2249/c07f/50bd/8664/newsletter/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_3.jpg?1720738876)
-
Architects: fala
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2020
-
Photographs:Francisco Ascensão, Ivo Tavares Studio, Giulietta Margot
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/642f/2249/c07f/50bd/866d/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_2.jpg?1720738981)
Text description provided by the architects. The geometry of a narrow house is settled within a few lines. The intervention happens both in plan projection and in section. Curved walls are intersected with sinuous ceiling resulting in a space that is not static. In the evening, multiple folds and creases create a bizarre game of light and shadow.
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 3 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/642e/2249/c07f/50bd/866c/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_6.jpg?1720738915)
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 4 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6426/1f85/4a75/1205/01e7/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_7.jpg?1720738918)
Open to the back garden, the living room unfolds between the two surfaces. Below, is a turquoise carpet of ceramic tiles, while above, a light green tent of vigorous ceiling—all concealed beneath a slender metal roof.
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 6 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6427/2249/c07f/50bd/8668/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_1.jpg?1720738913)
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 12 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/642e/1f85/4a75/1205/01e8/newsletter/fala-114-section-1.jpg?1720738877)
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 14 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6435/2249/c07f/50bd/866e/newsletter/114-ci-04-1.jpg?1720738879)
On the street front, the façade maintains an unassuming presence on the street. It looks like its neighbours but it also does not. It presents itself as a closed wall with a blue door and a small window. In contrast, the open back façade is an overlay of elements sitting within the whimsical garden: a large opening, accompanied by a concrete beam, a free standing blue column and a bright yellow shutter. Mirrors conceal chimneys and unwanted thicknesses, rendering the roof paper thin. Bold stripes of black marble frame both elevations.
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Image 7 of 14](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6427/2249/c07f/50bd/8667/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_5.jpg?1720738890)
The project presents a possibility for a multifarious house within a limited condition. The house is staged with a minimum set of elements—some are necessary, some are not—and a precise palette of materials. A concise volume is a disguise for a complex spectacle of its interior spaces.
![House Within a Few Lines / fala - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6690/6426/2249/c07f/50bd/8665/medium_jpg/casa-em-poucas-linhas-fala_4.jpg?1720738893)