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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

House of Agostos in Faro, Portugal by Pedro Domingos

June 2nd, 2012 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Pedro Domingos

The transformative substance of this project consists of a parcel of land (950m2), that is integrated into the agricultural system of Barrocal and a small house in ruins (80m2).

The ruin of traditional genesis, displays the characteristics of the vernacular architecture of the Algarve.

The strategy consists on clarifying the limits of the central space of property – a void enclosed by the ruin and the “hedges” and the upland trees. The clearing delimited of this emptiness is made with the recuperation of the existing ruin defining the western boundary, with the construction of a new wing set back from the existing group, establishing the northern boundary and the setting of a water tank at the south end of the plot.

Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

Architects: Pedro Domingos
Project: House of Agostos
Location: Santa Barbara-de-Nexe, Faro, Portugal
Project team: Celia Faria, Humberto Dias, Sonia Carvalheiro
Year of project: 2003/2005
Year of construction: 2006/2010
Engineering: Luis Santos Palma, JAC, João Teixeira da Silva
Built Área: 200m2 (house) + 900m2 (landscape)
Cost: 250,000 Euros
Photographs: Fernando Guerra, FG+SG fotografia de arquitectura

Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

The pre-existing house consisting of three interconnected cells contains the rooms and their bathrooms.

The north wing is built into the ground and articulates the topography with two built patios of similar proportions, one is a northern extension of the kitchen and the other a western extension of the living room.

The main entrance of the house is made through the space that lies between the pre-existing house and new wing – a space of transition and fracture between the two wings.

The water tank is built similarly to the abundant irrigation tanks of this region. A water container of pure form emerges from the ground.

Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Image Courtesy Fernando Guerra

: Drawing

: Ground Floor Plan

: Roof Plan

: Elevations

: Sections

: Sections

: Bathroom Details

: Water Tank

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Tags: Faro, Portugal

Category: House

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