Designed by Elisabete de Oliveira Saldanha, Looking to create your own place to live, we proposed the recovery of a house, stable and a grove of oaks, chestnut and cork trees, situated on a farm, near the City of Guimaraes.

The program was created to meet current needs, maintaining its original characteristics.

The adjustments were to meet the original morphology of the propriety, consisting in terraces that led the house orientation and provided it with a direct access to the outside, on all floors, except the tower.

The building is south oriented, arranged in an “L” shape and organized in 4 floors.
Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The ground floor is an interior extension of the main living areas of the 1st floor, is related to the main entrance area of the house that is made through the staircase and porch that stand out from the facade for its grandeur and elaborate stone masonry.
The first floor connects to the ground floor through a spiral staircase with a strong decorative nature, which leads to a social use.

The living rooms extend to the outside on the South, where the pool is the leading element, preceded by terraces and a lounge area that complements the inner social areas.
Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The second floor corresponds to the private areas. The tower hosts an office/library, going up from a living room on the 2nd floor. In this living room, there is a strong interaction between the restoration and the contemporary interven...