House in Odeceixe

Aljezur, Portugal.

Casa do Limoeiro is a summer house located in a small village on the Costa Vicentina, Portugal.

The rehabilitation of this century-old abandoned house brought to light the dichotomous discussion between tradition and contemporaneity. The challenge was clearly how to build with simple, local materials that are traditionally present in the local culture, adapting them to the new challenges of contemporary living.

The small narrow house measuring only 55sqm was organized in a simple way, but very compartmentalized. The house plan presented a succession of small spaces of about 2mX3m arranged consecutively and in continuity without a great hierarchy between them. Given the limited space available, the project created an "open space" connecting the entrance to the outdoor patio where the social areas (kitchen and living room) are installed. Private areas, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, occupy the sides and take the form of alcoves.

Simple, basic and dry details, in line with local tradition, provide the serenity and visual peace of the whitewashed walls.

Architecture is reduced to its basics. Minimum. Minimalist. This is the essence of this project.

The house has traditional rammed earth walls, wooden cage partitions and a reed ceiling with the traditional "rat heel”.
The reuse of the existing hydraulic mosaic and the new handmade tiles give a human touch to the water areas, contrasting with the industrial floor of smoothed concrete.

All furniture is made of natural wood, providing a natural harmony to the spaces and giving a sense of balance to the environment.

Overall, this little house builds our sense of belonging with its indulgent delicacy.

LOOP DESIGN AWARDS
SMALL ARCHITECTURE
Citation Winner 2023

Photo Credits
©Jose Campos Photographer

Serviced Apartments

Porto, Portugal.

*work in progress

Small Office Home Office

Gondomar, Portugal.

*on going

Industrial Facility for indoor pharmaceutical agriculture.

Penela, Portugal.

Together with PEDRO PONTES.

*work in progress

Apartment Renovation

Porto, Portugal.

Together with GABRIELA PINTO

Photo Credits

Alexander Bogorodskiy architectural photographer

Rehabilitation of Old Train Station

Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal.

The Macedo de Cavaleiros railway station represents a rich heritage legacy both in terms of architecture and anthropology due to its extensive presence in the collective memory with major impacts at the socio-economic level that urgently need to be reclassified.

The railway line ceased activity in the early 1990. Abandoned since then, its built complex was the target of vandalism and negligence.
The project therefore intends to reverse this process and clarify the original building by subtracting the various additions and alterations that the complex has undergone over the 90 years of activity. Now seeks for, new uses, new relationships, new scales, new spatialities.

The program foresees the installation of GEOPARK Terra de Cavaleiros with its administrative bodies at the "Passenger Station" while the pedagogical service takes place at the adjacent "Warehouse" where a tribune, capable of receiving groups of students, supports the pedagogical service. It also foresees an exhibition hall at the main warehouse which subsidies an artistic residencies.

A cleaning operation was carried out on the almost 90-year-old construction palimpsest, maintaining and restoring the entire original envelope of the buildings (facades and roofs).
From the outside, new wooden window frames and lime plaster coatings were applied on the stone masonry as well as new ceramic tiles were placed on the roof, maintaining the original shapes and volumes of the complex.
For the interior, exclusively traditional materials, such as wood, were used for the construction of the structure (floor slabs, roof trusses and walls), floor coverings with wood planks and wooden "shirt-skirt" ceilings. The carpentry elements, such as partitions, doors and cupboards, take advantage of the expression of birch plywood. Traditional hidrualic tiles covers the ground floor and hand made tiles give an special touch to the cafeteria ceilling vaults.

The project also offered a public space wich features the reuse of the railroad ties on the pavement and also providing for a long perimetral bench intended for interpersonal interaction.
This complex has a trangerational significance and it is strongly embebed local community since several generations directly/indirectly engaged on its operation, which is why deep respect must be paid to the cultural value that these buildings conglomerate.

Together with PAULO PROVIDENCIA

PNAM’23
PREMIO NACIONAL ARQUITETURA MADEIRA
Obra Finalista

LOOP DESIGN AWARDS
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
Category Winner 2023

Photo Credits
©Jose Campos Photographer

Serviced Apartments

Porto, Portugal.

*on going

House in Cedofeita

Porto, Portugal.

* on going

House in Massarelos.

Porto, Portugal.

*on going

Loft in Caldeireiros

Porto, Portugal.

Apartment Building in Vitoria

Porto, Portugal.

Together with:

Gabriela Pinto and Jose Soares

Cowork in Vitoria

Porto, Portugal.

Photo Credits

© Inês Guedes Photography

Loft in Cedofeita

Porto, Portugal.

Photo credits:

© Inês Guedes Photography

Loft in Campanha

Porto, Portugal.

Photo Credits

© Diana Rui Fotografa

Art Gallery in Cedofeita

Porto, Portugal.

Photo Credits:

©Inês Guedes

Prefab Sustainable Home.

International Competition.

together with Ricardo Porto Ferreira.

FoFoFo
Folding Forbo Folie

For the WIP13 (Work in Progress 2013) competition under the Projecto Casa event, one was challenged to build a 2X2m stand that could express a inovative and experimental use of some particular construction materials. 

Linoleum, a versitile product used many times in domestical spaces, has a wide range of application in the architecture of spaces due to its unique caracteristics that can render to the surfaces a high quality and confort to the domestic environment. Nevertheless, the tridimensionality of the product Linoleum has often been left out and unexplored by architecture.
The object FoFoFo is a "folie" that tries to explore the tridimensionality of Forbo's linoleum product taking advantage of its physical characteristics (2X25m) as well as its mechanical and chromatic nuances to build a experimental voluptuous space. 
The object is made out of MDF in a simple reticulated structure in which the linoleum sheet of 25meters long is folded across the entire structure in a single sweep: up the wall, ceiling and down to the floor. 
The subtle use of the linoleum sheets forming a series of voluptuous waves that can render a unique and distinctive image where one could explore the tridimensional meshes and textures confers the uniqueness of this stand/installation. FoFoFo is an ephemeral or temporary stand is a environment friendly making use of recyclable and natural products (such as MDF and Linoleum) that can easily be assembled and/or disassebled due to its intuitive wood joinnery with no need for glues or screws.  


Award Winning Project
1st Prize - Work In Progress
Forbo Flooring Systems

Photo credits:
©Susana Neves

©Sonia Costa

Loft in Cedofeita

Porto, Portugal.

Photo credits:

@ Inês Guedes Photography