The Alvalade house came to us excessively divided: a floor plan that accumulated walls where there should have been space.
The client needed a three-bedroom apartment. And it was this clarity of program that guided the demolitions: removing what did not serve, liberating what was compressed. The result was positively surprising. From the sum of small compartments emerged a continuous, spacious dining and living room, with space for a work area.
In the kitchen, the walls held a surprise. During demolition, the exterior wall revealed the corner stone structure—an architectural element with presence and history that had no reason to hide. A fragment of the original construction, now visible and valued, is precious.
Light, freed by the new openings between spaces, flows through the house uninterrupted. The wood parquet flooring, maintained in most rooms, anchors the ensemble in a warm and coherent language—a decision that elevates the house’s best qualities and avoids the noise of excess.
In the end, we feel we achieved the best: a spacious, luminous house full of character.
