Casa A in Guimaraes, Portugal by REM’A

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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.

Casa A in Guimaraes, Portugal by REM’A | arquitectos

December 16th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: REM’A | arquitectos

The House is located in a typical plot in the outskirts of the city of Guimarães and is characterized by a dense construc:on environment that surrounds the plot where we are intervening.

The project unfolds around the direct concerns of the context in which it is inserted – the privacy and dual al:metric nature of the lot. Split into two floors, the proposal revolves around two dis- :nct rela:ons of use, based on the use of gaps/yards – whether exogenous or endogenous – corresponding to the type of program which they restrict (social or private). For the social areas of the habita:on, exogenous gaps/yards have been established to allow a plurality in the interior/ exterior rela:ons of the house, as well as to expand the habitable surface when the window frames are fully open.

Image Courtesy © Ivo Tavares Studio

Architects: REM’A | arquitectos (Romeu Ribeiro, José Pedro Marques)
Project: Casa A
Location: Guimaraes, Portugal
Photography: Ivo Tavares Studio
Collaboration: André Novais
Engineering: Fortunato & Paulo, Engenharia
Construction: Construções Bairro do Sol, LDA
Conclusion year: 2019

Image Courtesy © Ivo Tavares Studio

The private areas are highlighted by endogenous gaps, resul:ng from the crea:on of a pure, blind volume, based on the earth retaining wall, which encloses itself – where, excep:onally, one of the adjoining walls is geometrically perforated, thus crea:ng a point of entry into the high eleva:on – allowing the control of light and visual rela:ons with the surroundings.

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The containing wall, that starts in the outlines of the underground garage, maims the ground and ends at the outlines of the tangent limit of the swimming pool, and represents the rota:on of the volume in a nega:ve way, located on the top of the laIer. This monolith is coated in wood, with diagonal rulers, alluding to a mere nest that surrounds the private area of the house. Concrete and wood merge on a shade of grays, in a constant chroma:c muta:on.

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Tags: Guimarães, Portugal

Categories: Apartments, House, Residential

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