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Manuel Tojal Architects . photos: © Francisco Nogueira . + archdaily

Barbearia Adão, the oldest barber shop in Odivelas was born in the 1960s in the historic center, next to the D. Dinis Monastery.
Originally the barber shop was located at nº 7 of Largo Dom Dinis in a very small space, later it was expanded to Rua do Neto.
The program’s premise was to move the barber shop to the space adjacent to the existing one, this being a space for residential use also with access to Largo Dom Dinis and Rua Neto, but with a significantly larger area that would allow to expand the existing barber shop space and still create a space to serve wine and beer to Customers. Continue reading Manuel Tojal

Manuel Tojal Architects . photos: © Francisco Nogueira

House in Santa Cruz is part of a project from the early 80s of six semi-detached houses.
It has the particularity of being the corner house which gives it greater autonomy and allowed us to take a more independent approach as well. Continue reading Manuel Tojal

Manuel Cachão Tojal . photos: © Francisco Nogueira

This project is based on two practically symmetrical apartments located in the Picoas neighborhood in a typical building of an early 19th century Lisbon.

The purpose of the intervention, was to renovate the apartments without losing their identity and without compromise contemporary living and the improvement of technical characteristics.

In terms of space configuration, the idea was to open the living room to the kitchen you can through a circular opening, giving it more amplitude, fulfilling an initial premise to separate the social from the private area. Continue reading Cachão Tojal

Manuel Cachão Tojal . photos: © Francisco Nogueira

Located in Bairro da Lapa, Lisbon, the apartments were at different stages of conservation. One of the apartments had a recent renovation; the other one was practically at its original condition.

The challenge of this project was to join the two apartments of small areas and spaces and transform them into one apartment, without losing their identity and giving them a contemporary functionality and experience. For this, the intervention had as a premise to focus the social area to the garden, the bedrooms to the opposite side, and the only room that remained interior was coated with a wood panel that brings the outside light to the interior without losing privacy. Continue reading Manuel Cachão Tojal

Manuel Cachão Tojal . photos: © Francisco Nogueira

The house is set in a small village, called Trafaria, located on the other side of the Tagus river, just in front of Lisbon.

Trafaria is a small fishing village and the earlier country’s first beach colony which was witnessed of the increase of simple and vernacular constructions for holidays in the 1950s. This house is a perfect example of those constructions. Continue reading Cachão Tojal