Summer Kitchen
Client: Private Location: Santa Clara INTERVENTION: Kitchen renovation Year: 2019 A discovery gave rise to this Summer Kitchen: a storage room on the flat roof of a building, belonging to a French client, with a view and sun exposure that called for far more than mere storage. The infrastructure was already in place—water, drainage, electricity—which […]
Ajuda
Client: Private Location: Ajuda, Lisbon INTERVENTION: Apartment rehabilitation Year: 2019 One Home, Two Places This apartment rehabilitation project in Avenidas Novas, Lisbon, begins far from here, in Mozambique. The clients live between these two places, and this way of living between geographies ultimately defined our approach to the space. The apartment already existed, with a […]
Cipriano Dourado
Client: Private Location: Campo Grande INTERVENTION: Rehabilitation Year: 2019 The apartment on Cipriano Dourado Street was born of a gesture of affection: a father offering a home to his son. And when the client’s motto is “XPTO”, the approach almost defines itself.Even so, restraint was a deliberate choice. Rather than piling on options or burdening […]
Príncipe Real
Client: Private Location: Príncipe Real, Lisbon INTERVENTION: Rehabilitation Year: 2018 This rehabilitation project in Príncipe Real, Lisbon, began from a situation unlike most: having already undergone a renovation, it had been left halfway there. There was structure, there was functionality, but it lacked soul. The existing bathrooms were too basic, and the walls, though in […]
Casa Bivar
Client: Private Location: Avenidas Novas, Lisbon INTERVENTION: Rehabilitation Year: 2018 This apartment rehabilitation project in Avenidas Novas, Lisbon, begins far from here, in Mozambique. The clients live between these two places, and this way of living between geographies ultimately defined our approach to the space. The apartment already existed, with a clear and compartmentalized structure, […]