Graphic metal facades and curving glass-block walls characterise this apartment in Porto, which was converted from a ground-floor shop by local architecture studio Fala Atelier.
Located in a 1970s housing block, the narrow commercial space has been transformed into a light-filled home named 097 Waves of Glass and Clouds of Metal.
Mesh screens have been added to the rear of the property
"Our project tried to blur the boundaries between what a domestic space and a virtual space could be, dealing with transparency and translucency within the space," Fala Atelier told Dezeen.
"Two curved walls run smoothly through both levels, gently dissociating private and public, and a longitudinal axis is emphasised by two metallic masks." Cloud-shaped screens feature over the front window. Photo by Giulietta Margot
Perforated-metal screens bookend the two-storey apartment and frame its windows.
The front facade is decorated with a graphic cloud-shaped metal mesh, while the rear facade features screens with graphic cutouts layered in front of glass and mirror.
Curved glass-brick walls separate interior spaces
According to Fala Atelier, the design of the rear facade was informed by the artworks of Ellsworth Kelly and drawings by architects Itsuko Hasegawa and Peter Markli.
"It was based on many ideas," said the studio. "It is a collage in a very different sense from the ones we used to do."

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