SIA arquitectura . photos: © Francisco Nogueira
In a territory occupied by the proximity of other lots, the terrain is protected by materializing its boundary.
The landscape is contained within the lot, keeping the beach underfoot. The compression of the dune, between the walls, transforms the terrain into an inhabited house. Continue reading SIA arquitectura
SIA arquitectura . photos: © Francisco Nogueira
A private, protected space rises above the neighboring buildings, selecting the views, adapting the program. A terrace swaying in the void, in a dream of a hanging garden, where the water comes in and brings the sea closer. The interior-exterior living room is protected and unlimited. Each room is a secret place, a green window. The cover between the sky and the sea. Continue reading SIA arquitectura
SIA arquitectura . photos: © JG Photography – João Guimarães
The project divides a house in two. Each one has a distinctive atmosphere: one surrounding a garden, filtering the sunlight and protected from the outside; the other developing in height, designed from the sunlight that permeates it. The Ground House inhabits within itself. We characterized each space autonomously: a vaulted entrance, a long working space, a narrow staircase running through a bookcase, a room with a tree in the window, another room with two pyramids. Reinvented spaces succeed each one and tell different stories. Continue reading SIA arquitectura
SIA arquitectura . Manuel Aires Mateus . photos: © João Guimarães – JG Photography
A building links the higher and lower levels of the city. Through its interior we are carried from the riverside bank to Chiado hill.
Facing south the facade imposes itself revealing its pombalina scale. Facing north a small patio links us to the top of the hill. Continue reading SIA . Aires Mateus
Manuel Aires Mateus . SIA arquitectura
O Forte do Tagarete, apesar da sua pequena escala, ganha preponderância e visibilidade pela sua implantação única, herança da sua história militar. É o momento de charneira entre a Vila e o Mar. Dele partimos e a ele regressamos. Continue reading Aires Mateus . SIA
