Article source: CarvalhoAraújo, Arquitectura e Design 

Gerês house is located on a steep slope in the Caniçada Valley where there was a small house and a stream. The existing building was located in an upper level of the land eventually liable to small landslides, which determined its demolition and the relocation of the new construction.

Image Courtesy © Hugo CarvalhoAraújo

• Architects: CarvalhoAraújo, Arquitectura e Design
• Project: Gerês House
• Location: Vieira do Minho, Portugal
• Photography: Hugo CarvalhoAraújo
• Team: José Manuel CarvalhoAraújo, Joel Moniz, Leandro Silva, Ana Vilar, André Torres, Mafalda Santiago, Sandra Ferreira
• Client: José Maria Marques Ferreira
• Consultants:
  • Landscape: JoãoBicho e Joana Carneiro, ArquitectosPaisagistas, Lda. (JBJC)
  • Structures: Metaloviana – Metalúrgica de Viana, S.A.
  • Electrical: LAM, Lda
  • Communications: LAM, Lda
  • Energic certification: GASAIR
  • Accoustics: VAGAENG
• Contractor: PEDRALBET
• Date: 2013 – 2015

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