Mortuary House in Vila Caiz / Raul Sousa Cardoso + Graça Vaz

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Mortuary House in Vila Caiz / Raul Sousa Cardoso + Graça Vaz - Windows, Facade
© José Campos

Text description provided by the architects. Integrated in a hybrid residential context which crosses urban and rural references, the mortuary house emerges as a filter between them and a universe of contemplation of the distant mountains.

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Floor Plan

Bounded by a municipal road, a farmland and the Church of Vila Caiz, the constructed volume results from the confluence between the axes of delimiters ground, framing the landscape and solar orientation.

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© José Campos

The materiality of the building integrates and filters the context in which it operates through grilles cover crops in concrete (filter of light and views) granite floors, walls and paneling in conjunction with the whiteness of the walls.

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© José Campos

The interior space results mainly from three major interconnection between spaces defined by an atrium and two rooms that can be joined or fragmented depending on the circumstances.

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© José Campos

The view of the distant mountains combined with the water from a tank that strategically reflects in the slope of the roof and walls of the mortuary are factors that catalyze an environment of neutrality, silence and introspection.

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Address:4600 Vila Caiz, Portugal

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Cite: "Mortuary House in Vila Caiz / Raul Sousa Cardoso + Graça Vaz" 02 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/511518/mortuary-house-in-vila-caiz-raul-sousa-cardoso-graca-vaz> ISSN 0719-8884

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