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Casa Barreira Antunes . Grândola

Aires Mateus Associados . photos: © Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . + archilovers

The program includes four houses and a water tank. The water tank will be a square of whitewashed plaster where a pool is found and a line draws the shower. The placement of the several houses will be decided by each owner. The first house is a square. The living room is disposed around a courtyard that provides indirect lighting. Secondary compartments inhabit the interior of thick walls that form the central living room. These areas, compressed by a lifted ground and a lowered ceiling, become spaces which group to limit and define the “exterior volume,” emphasizing it as the main space of the house. Continue reading Aires Mateus Associados

Casa na Rua de São Mamede ao Caldas . Lisbon

Aires Mateus Associados . photos: © Ricardo Oliveira Alves | www.ricardooliveiraalves.com

A succession of everyday spaces occupied the lower floor of an 18th century building on castle hillside. The estate existed ilustrating a period and an identity that were clouded due to extended neglet. The plan for the house elected spatial values, designed geometric affinities, precision in relation to exterior windows. The garden made ir possible to enhance the depth of the view over the Baixa rooftops and the river. An existing addition was rebuilt to house more private functions. The secular spaces were opened up to incorporate more significant uses. The unexpected discovery of a cistern crosses the depth horizontally and connects with the sky, the most protected space of the house. Continue reading Aires Mateus Associados

Sci Nordico Center . Campra

Aires Mateus & associados . + espazium

Competition entry. 2nd prize. Continue reading Aires Mateus