![Heróis de África House / CREA - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4dbb/08a5/e546/9600/04d1/newsletter/AA_14.jpg?1542737322)
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Architects: CREA
- Area: 2561 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:António Ataide
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Manufacturers: Gercima, SykaFloor, VMZINC, Weber
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Lead Architect: André Camelo
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4da6/08a5/e509/1100/02b0/newsletter/AA_12.jpg?1542737301)
Text description provided by the architects. The house in Rua Heróis de África integrates a lot within the urban rehabilitation area of Leça da Palmeira, Oporto district, and was originally built during the 30´s, therefore reflecting with sobriety the constructive and formal options of that time.
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Interior Photography, Windows, Bench](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4d2f/08a5/e509/1100/02ae/newsletter/AA_04.jpg?1542737187)
Our project covered not only its rehabilitation but also an extension of the pre- existing building, by means of a zinc lined volume emerging from its back façade, widely opened to the back garden, with a contemporary formal and constructive design.
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Interior Photography, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4d55/08a5/e546/9600/04ce/newsletter/AA_06.jpg?1542737220)
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Image 22 of 22](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4fc2/08a5/e509/1100/02ba/newsletter/CORTE_TRANSVERSAL.jpg?1542737841)
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Interior Photography, Kitchen](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4d67/08a5/e509/1100/02af/newsletter/AA_08.jpg?1542737240)
In addition to the house´s internal space fluidity, its scaling and light favours a wide diversity of rooms, either intimate and secluded or more ample and open to the exterior, translating or enhancing its inhabitants’ state of mind.
![Heróis de África House / CREA - Interior Photography, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5bf4/4d7a/08a5/e546/9600/04cf/newsletter/AA_09.jpg?1542737258)