Article source: depA Architects

An old house, in the heart of the city of Pinhel, holds place to a new bar/restaurant which aims to be a reference in the city’s historical center.

From the old and dark original house, the proposal kept and took advantage of the solid granite perimetral walls and the wooden roof structure that along with a selective demolition process created a new fluid and bright inside space.

From the exposed rock wall a new rocklike volume is built in concrete, organizing the space and the public/service circuits and areas.

Image Courtesy © José Campos

• Architects: depA Architects (Luís Sobral, Carlos Azevedo, João Crisóstomo)
• Project: Entre Portas
• Location: Pinhel, Portugal
• Photography: José Campos
  
• Design team: Luís Sobral, Carlos Azevedo, João Crisóstomo, Margarida Leitão, Miguel Santos, Sara Pontes, Francisco Crisóstomo, André Oliveira
• Structural and Hydraulic Engineering: NCREP
• Electrical Engineering: CPX
• Gross area: 280m2
• Construction: 2017

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