Article source: Germano de Castro Pinheiro Arquitectos

The greatest challenge of the project development, was the guiding intent to respect and recover the ancient memory of the site, reconciling it with the intervention we were to carry out.

On the site existed a 16th century construction that had been adulterated by successive additions, made throughout the 20th century, without any architectural or historical significance. In consequence, the first gesture was to identify and recover the original traces of this construction.

Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

• Architects: Germano de Castro Pinheiro Arquitectos
• Project: House in Minho
• Location: Minho, Portugal
• Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
• Collaborators: Rita Basto
• Completion Year: 2021

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