The project for the House in Chamusca da Beira consists in the requalification of a small built aggregate in a rural estate and on its enlargement with the construction from scratch of a new small building, directly articulated with the exterior space. The former woodshed of the main house was redesigned to function as an entrance space (from where you can enter the new building) and to receive an autonomous wooden structure that encloses a toilet. In this space the traditional constructive systems were kept, like the monopitched roof laid on a traditional wooden structure, that is extended to function as a porch over a small courtyard. The demolition of a set of unqualified outbuildings (storage rooms and garage), which were lean to the wall that limits the courtyard, allowed to enhance its presence and to recover the original building character. This wall is crossed by a tunnel made of corten steel, that establishes the transition between the new room and the former woodshed.
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Architects: João Mendes Ribeiro

Location: Chamusca, 3405, Portugal

Area: 275.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

Coordination: Jorge Teixeira Dias

Collaboration: Lourenço Rebelo de Andrade, Maurício Martins, Catarina Fortuna

Structural Engineer: Paulo Maranh...