House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Exterior Photography, Door, FacadeHouse 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Exterior PhotographyHouse 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Door, Chair, FacadeHouse 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, TableHouse 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - More Images+ 23

Porto, Portugal
  • Architecture: Ricardo Bak Gordon
  • Project Coordination: Daniela Cunha
  • Collaboration: Catarina Farinha, Tânia Correia
  • City: Porto
  • Country: Portugal
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House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Exterior Photography
© Francisco Nogueira

Text description provided by the architects. House 2 was built as a complement to an existing house from the end of the 19th century. It works as a kind of annex building or garden pavilion. Located at the far end of the property, it is also a backdrop for the garden. Its communal space is a generous double-height winter garden, which ensures the transition between the intimacy of the rooms and the outdoor space.

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Door, Chair, Facade
© Francisco Nogueira

The bedrooms, with a trapezoidal floor plan, expand to the outside and guarantee maximum comfort through the carpeted floor, walls covered in tadelakt, and custom-made Venetian terrazzo elements which make up the bathroom spaces.

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Table
© Francisco Nogueira
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Plan 01
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House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Closet, Chair
© Francisco Nogueira

The kitchen and the library are small spaces directly related to the circulation and characterized by their thermally modified wooden cabinets that contrast with the tadelak finished walls and the concrete pavement.

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Stairs, Column
© Francisco Nogueira
House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography
© Francisco Nogueira

Built entirely in pigmented deactivated exposed concrete, and with oxidized brass frames, the volume rests on the ground with a specific geometry, committed to the multiple environments that gravitate around it.

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography
© Francisco Nogueira
House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Interior Photography, Windows
© Francisco Nogueira

The flat garden consists of a platform from where the granitic swimming pool was subtracted.

House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon - Exterior Photography, Door, Facade
© Francisco Nogueira

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Cite: "House 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon" [Casa 2 / Ricardo Bak Gordon] 27 Sep 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/969090/house-2-ricardo-bak-gordon> ISSN 0719-8884

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