Atelier José Andrade Rocha . photos: © Francisco Ascensão
The project was developed during the pandemic. Perhaps for this reason, these houses reflect a desire to enhance gatherings and to go beyond the determinism of functions – seeking an imagined joy.
The street façade remains unchanged, offering clues about the intervention. The rear façade, resulting from the extension, presents itself as new, not in opposition to the existing, but as an additional layer in the building’s history. A renewed connection with the garden is explored, as a prerogative to celebrate what at that time seemed vital to us: the sun, the earth, the water, leisure.
Inside the building, a universe of conventional materials is repeated and modified: structural wood panels protected with green oil, slightly bluish industrial pavement, painted steel sheet, wooden frames, Sintra limestone, and river pebbles.
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project designation
Marvila
architecture
Atelier José Andrade Rocha
location
Lisbon, Portugal
date of conclusion
2024
gross area
330 m2
client
private
engineering
Inline engenharia
photography
Francisco Ascensão
