The briefing was to build a three-bedroom house on top of a warehouse built in the 80’s, where part of the roof was made with a flat slab and a small balcony, precisely with that idea of later building the house.
Given the constraints of the existing warehouse, the house shape turns out to be automatically set: a box that rests on the existing structure. The rooms are placed to the east, the toilets to the west, as well as the kitchen, looking to a centennial olive tree. The existing balcony will be maintained and ‘duplicated’ as a shading element. The living room is placed south where its south/east corner is diagonally cut in a way that the balcony could enlarge and offer an outdoor area protected from the sun and rain, overlooking the valley.
PROJECT DATA:
Architecture: Miguel Marcelino
Structural Engineering: 560Eng (Jo?o Esteves)
Plumbing Engineering: 560Eng (Jos? Rodrigues)
Phases: 2007-2010 (project), 2011-2012 (construction)
General Contractor: Jo?o Fel?cio
Gross Floor Area: 138 m2
Gross Volume: 437 m3
Building Footprint: 114 m2
Site Area: 4.108 m2
Energy Efficiency Class: A
Location: Ch?charo, Torres Novas, Portugal
Client: C?ndido Vieira
Photographs: Jo?o Morgado – Architecture Photography