RAR.STUDIO . photos: © Francisco Nogueira
Apartment CK started out as a property investment project, intended for rental, but soon became a personal project for our client, who decided to leave Bali for Lisbon. A haven of quiet in the vicinity of the busy Avenida da Liberdade.
It occupies a building dating from the end of the 19th century, with a common ty- pology in Lisbon: built on a narrow, deep plot that originates flats with several in- terior divisions and a long, dark corridor between the rooms on the main and back façades.
The entrance space was narrow, and the widening of the corridor – offering a niche to the entrance – transforms this circulation device into a single, fluid and continu- ous space that integrates the kitchen while generously and luminously connecting the two façades. In the kitchen, the structural reinforcement pillar that this opera- tion requires is the motto for the design of a central worktop piece in stainless steel.
The street front is taken up by the master bedroom and office, and the centre of the flat is occupied by the bathrooms. At the back, the kitchen and a second bedroom communicate directly with the interior and exterior social areas of the house.
With a different construction logic – a metal structure – the extension of the build- ing at the back, after its construction date, made it possible for the existence of a large opening onto the terrace, which was redesigned with a plant border.
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DATE
2021 – 2023
GROSS INTERNAL AREA 130 m2
LOCATION
Lisbon
CLIENT
Private
ARCHITECTURE
Rita Aguiar Rodrigues, Inês Chambel Borges (Project Leader), Ana Ponce Suero, Gitte Vandersteen, Jaime Rubio Campuzano
STABILITY
NAVE Engineering
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Nina Gardens
CONTRACTOR
RASA – Engenharia & Construção
PHOTOGRAPHY
Francisco Nogueira
