’Located on the north-center of Portugal, the house was meant to combine the rural and the urban lifestyle. The lot is surrounded by different types of constructions, consequence of the informal settlements, characteristics of most Portuguese cities neighbourhoods.
The existent stone ruins, vestige of a traditional house and the lot’s configuration, were the main aspects for the new project. The program requirements, a family house, have led to an almost total land occupation.’
Architecture: Filipe Pina + Maria Ines Costa
Location: Guarda, Portugal
Area: 260 sqm
Year: 2014
Photography: Joao Morgado