The Álvares Cabral apartment has something rare: a layout that works. Built in the 1970s, it came to us with an almost exemplary functional organization: the private area aligned with the main facade, and the social area and kitchen on the opposite side, separated by a long corridor serving the three bedrooms.
But there is yet another argument that is difficult to ignore: the view. To the left, Bairro Alto. To the right, the Estrela Basilica. And between the cluster of houses, the Tagus. A home with this setting deserved to have the social area as its focus — and that is precisely what we did.
The kitchen was opened to the living room, prioritizing the lounge area and restoring the centrality to the home’s social life that the view demands.
The corridor leading to the bedrooms was treated with equal care. Cabinets and doors were aligned on the same plane, without protrusions, turning the corridor into a continuous, almost invisible sequence that protects the private area.
In the bathrooms, the choice was one of harmony: identical gray tones that run through the house with coherence and without noise.
Ultimately, this house already was what it is now: it just needed someone who knew how to listen to it.
