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Sumit Singhal
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.

ByExtensive in Guarda, Portugal by DRK.Architects

 
February 5th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: DRK.Architects 

On a return to the origins, the challenge of a tricky complex site waits for us, these that lead to the best projects. A small village full of irregularity, with a field of view marked by miscellaneous rooftops.

In the distance the impressiveness of the city tower contrasts with the featureless construction on the side.

Image Courtesy © José Campos

  • Architects: DRK.Architects
  • Project: ByExtensive
  • Location: Guarda, Portugal
  • Photography: José Campos
  • Lead Architects: Diogo Almeida
  • Consultants: Egiconfor
  • Construction: IPS Guarda
  • Budget: 180.000€
  • Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): 390 m2
  • Completion Year: 2017

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Reacting to the intricacy of the place, seeking coherence and chasing the surrounding logic, a responsible integration is reached. The form mimics the surroundings, the materials bring the newness, the house acquires its own identity .. Unique!

Forced to align with the neighbor, leaning against it, losing the notion of its presence. Creating a patio we managed to “delay” the house, the first bound – Scenic – leaves a mark in the land and allows the real entrance, intimate, warm, almost confidential, becoming a special moment of limited access for those who really arrive.

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

The house with a simple scheme, hangs in a huge corridor working as a spine, cracked by light and darks, by transparent and opaque, it becomes part of the living spaces – a sensorial experience!

At the arrival, two ways. The Work, in the office at the foot of the city, touching the street, lives to it. The Social, discrete, intimate, enjoying the landscape, listening the quietness of a village invaded by the true sounds of nature, experiencing an inside-out equilibrium. At the end – the rooms – private and reserved – peaceful.

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © José Campos

Image Courtesy © DRK.Architects

Image Courtesy © DRK.Architects

Image Courtesy © DRK.Architects

Image Courtesy © DRK.Architects

Image Courtesy © DRK.Architects

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Categories: House, Residential




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