Vigário House is a particular and sensitive project, dating back to 2008 and completed early 2015.

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Architects: AND-RÉ

Location: 4580 Paredes, Portugal

Design Team: Bruno André, Francisco Salgado Ré + Alice Babini, Catarina Fernandes, Rui Israel

Area: 450.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Courtesy of AND-RÉ

Consultants: Strongaxis

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Vigário House is a particular and sensitive project, dating back to 2008 and completed early 2015.

Diagram / Elevations / Sections

The project is the outcome of the privileged context. The existing ruins were the triggers that set the conditions for the unfolding of the new architecture narrative. 
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The new organism adapts itself to the old stone walls, filling the existing interstitial spaces, unifying the mass and providing a contrast backdrop against the rough stone surfaces - the main characters in the narrative - in a close dialog between the old and the new.

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The stone ruins are the main element in the plot, and new architectural body is a silent ally and a neutral stage. Also, the new body translates a gesture that resp...