Built with tabique (traditional wooden partitions), this building situated on the river bank of the Dafundo area, develops a privileged relationship with the river. 

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Architects: João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Architecture Collaboration: Renata Vieira, Ana Caracol, Sílvia Amaral

Builder: Oficina dos Sonhos

Area: 140.0 m2

Project Year: 2011

Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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From the architect. Built with tabique (traditional wooden partitions), this building situated on the river bank of the Dafundo area, develops a privileged relationship with the river. 
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The future residence of a couple who are marine biologists, the intervention had as its main premise the perusal of this relation with the water, in a way to allow its visibility in as many as possible points of the house. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

We searched to eliminate the excessive partitioning, as well as bring light into a large part of the area that previously had no natural light, because it was situated in the core of the apartment. 

Plan

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Divisions were united and the use of spaces were inverted, pushing the liv...