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House RGO65

The House 23 is an ideal beach house only 20m away from the ocean: ideal for weekend getaways, retreats from the city, or surf and beach holidays.
Built in a 3m wide and 5m deep plot, it is an extremely tiny yet functional house. Often used as social meeting point for neighbors in Nazaré, the kitchen is directly connected with the pedestrian street. The living room uses the maximum area possible in the first floor and makes the transition to the bedroom, in the second floor, where a toilet and shower also fit in.
The whole interior has been conceived and designed with resistant and simples materials, and clean solutions. In the relation with the public space the memory of the old building was taken in consideration. The reconstruction of this building is intended to contribute in a single, but qualitative way, for the revitalization of the historic and very traditional area to which it belongs.

HOUSE RGO65

REHABILITATION . BUILT . LISBON . PORTUGAL . 2020 . PHOTOGRAPHY: GARCÊS

In one of the most prestigious historical neighbourhoods in Lisbon sets a charming building which is estimated to date from the first half of the 19th century. A beautiful young french family moved from Paris to Lisbon and chose this place to make it their household. They understood the potencial of the building and wanted the house to be transformed into their home.
The intervention aimed to transform the ground floor into an open space, where the hall, dining, living, kitchen and garden areas could come together as a big social area. The garden had a particular influence on the new kitchen design, bringing the nature freshness and elegancy inside, with dark green seamless cabinets and calacatta gold quartz countertops. Some modifications on the 1st and 2nd floors were also designed to uplift the interior flow and mood of the house, such as a new master suite closet, a new entrance to one of the bathrooms, and air conditioning infrastructure in the whole house. The building structure also had to be reinforced, and the water pipes and electricity installation on the ground floor were completely redone.
A new town house was created, with brighter spaces, new infrastructure and a seamless design that updated the interior design of the house, where this young family could enjoy their new life in Lisbon.