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- Architects: extrastudio
- Location: Setúbal, Portugal
- Architect In Charge: extrastudio
- Area: 360.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
- Team: João Caldeira Ferrão, João Costa Ribeiro, Madalena Atouguia, Daniela Freire, Maria João Oliveira, Sónia Oliveira, Tiago Pinhal, Rita Rodrigues
- Consultants: PRPC Engenheiros lda (fundações e estruturas, águas e esgotos, gás, térmica e acústica), Mário Andrade (instalações eléctricas e telecomunicações), Gonçalo de Meirelles (Gás)
- Landscaping: Oficina dos Jardins
- Contractor: Sequeira e Serra lda
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From the architect. This house is located in a small village in Azeitao, south of Lisbon. Protected by hills from the Atlantic Ocean, the area has a mild Mediterranean microclimate, creating the ideal conditions for growing grapes, producing some of the country’s finest wines.
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The project consists of the conversion of a former winery, built by the client’s grandparents at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Set back from the main road and surrounded by neighbours, accessible along a narrow alley, the plot has a small orchard of orange trees, an oasis in the middle of the village.
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Preservation of this orchard determined the whole project.
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In order to retain the trees, it was necessary to keep the existing building and accept that the two sides of the house, which border adjacent properties, would have no windows.
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Only two incisions were made into the existing volume.
Axonometric
A 14-meter long window was cut into the west façade facing the orchard, turning the interior and exterior into a single space. A courtyard was inserted into the corner abutting the adjacent properties, allowing light to enter the darkest areas of the house.
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The public areas of the house are arranged on the ground floor, occupying the entire footprint.
The private areas unfold on the upper level, flanking the facades, generating a sequence of strategically placed voids, which create double and triple height spaces on the ground floor below. The generous scale recalls the building’s former use.
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