House in Meco / Atelier RUA

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Casa do Infantado, Portugal
  • Architects: Atelier RUA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Design Team: Francisco Freitas, Luís Valente, Paulo Borralho, Rui Didier Ana Tomé, Cristiano Rodrigues, Dora Jerbic.
  • Construction: Vassalo & Sousa, Lda.
  • Structural Engineering: Engº. Pedro Viegas
  • Eletricidade, Telecomunicações, Gás Combustível: LMS – Gestão de Projectos e Engenharia
  • Water Supply, Sewage, Drainage And Hvac: Ecoperfil - Sistemas Urbanos Sustentáveis
  • Landscaping: Oficina dos Jardins
  • Construction Budget: 500 000,00€
  • City: Casa do Infantado
  • Country: Portugal
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House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Exterior Photography, Garden
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

Text description provided by the architects. The triangular shaped plot has a total area of 13.850 m2 and is oriented South/North. The path to the plot runs alongside a white wall, showing the way to the entrance. Entering the plot, the building reveals itself. A perfect square with four similar facades. Facing south, a clearance in the garden holds the 15x5m swimming pool.

House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Living Room, Table, Chair
Cortesia de Atelier RUA
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Plan
House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Table, Chair, Beam
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

The building is one storey high. Shaded exterior terraces cut-out its quadrangular footprint. It is a volume composed of a large roof supported in its four corners by the volumes that correspond to the private spaces of the program. The common areas of the house are therefore open to the landscape.

House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Table, Chair, Windows
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

The building has a centralized plan, being the living room the space from where all other spaces derive. The entrance on the north façade articulates directly with this space, which subsequently opens to the exterior through large windows facing East, South and West.

House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Windows, Beam
Cortesia de Atelier RUA
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Sections
House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

The bedroom clusters are located at the four corners of the 21m square footprint of the house. In open space, each of these clusters holds the entrance/dressing area, a toilet and the bedroom itself. Between them, towards East, South and West, three terraces emerge as a transition between the garden and the large central living space. Towards North, the technical areas of the house: a wash closet, a cloakroom, a pantry and utility room. The kitchen is part of the living area and has a cooking area and a large preparation island.

House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Beam
Cortesia de Atelier RUA
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Elevations
House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Interior Photography, Table, Windows
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

The diagonal progression through the house allows the discovery of different levels of intimacy. From the outside, one can wonder through the semi-private terrace into the bedroom. From here, space contracts in the bedroom vestibule that mediates the transition to the large living room space, that opens to the landscape. From here, the sequence inverts until one reaches the opposite corner of the house.

House in Meco / Atelier RUA - Exterior Photography, Garden, Aerial View Photography
Cortesia de Atelier RUA

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Cite: "House in Meco / Atelier RUA" [Casa no Meco / atelier Rua] 03 Jun 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/940880/house-in-meco-atelier-rua> ISSN 0719-8884

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