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Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais

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Lisboa, Portugal
  • Design Team: Guilherme Bivar, Marta Pavão
  • Water Insfrastructures: Patrícia Ferreira
  • Acoustic Project, Gas Project: Patrícia Ferreira
  • Thermical Project: Maria Ribeiro Vargas
  • Stucture: PMP
  • Electricity: Pedro Miguel da Luz Cortes
  • Telecommunication Project: Pedro Miguel da Luz Cortes
  • Water Infrastructures: Patrícia Ferreira
  • City: Lisboa
  • Country: Portugal
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Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Windows, Handrail
© Francisco Nogueira

Text description provided by the architects. Requalification and expansion project of an existing house, set in belém neighborhood, in Lisbon, Portugal. In the existing plot, there was a one store house, a backyard and the ruins of an old warehouse. The project had the main goal of rehabilitating the existing house and expanding its total area through the addition of an upper floor.

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The existing front facade (characterized by a higher frieze of historical tiles) was preserved and treated. There was a free reorganization of the internal layout of the ground floor, to hold the social program of the house. The upper floor holds the private house program – rooms.

Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Image 24 of 24
© Francisco Nogueira

At the backyard, there was a topography arrangement , in order to optimize the relationship between the house and the outdoor areas. The old warehouse was converted into a walled garden, with a small storage at one corner.

Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Facade
© Francisco Nogueira
Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Windows, Facade
© Francisco Nogueira

From the street entry to the walled garden at the back, the house develops in sequential levels, in order to reduce the significant difference of hights, at the same time promoting a smooth transition between inside and outside. The house is south-west-north-west solar orientation and is intended for a family composed of a couple and three children. The house has a South-North solar orientation and it is intended for a family composed by a couple and three children.

Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Windows, Glass, Column
© Francisco Nogueira

In the front facade, it was decided to use the green tile, recovering the plasticity of the typical facades of that neighborhood. The main interior covering materials are; wood, sanded and varnished cement, tile and glass mosaic.

Terras 8 House / Atelier Cais - Windows, Door, Facade
© Francisco Nogueira

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