Casa Bonança | Mario Martins Atelier

Lagos / Portugal

65
65 Love 5,504 Visits Published

This corner house is the result of renovating an old barn and the high ceilings have allowed the building to be divided into three floors that are quite open with empty spaces and free vertical communication. 


The inside of the building was gutted, beside the corner, to make a garden patio with a raised swimming pool. The roof tiles were removed only in this part of the building, but the trussed were kept, free in the open air, like vertices of the original space and against a background of the infinite sky to catch the eye in a profound relationship of intimacy. This is different to the privacy from the street because of the opacity of the thick walls of the original building, where the also original fenestrations filter this visual compromise between the house and the street. 


The outer wall remains, but the building is not attached to it, thus freeing its “skin” and so connecting the past with the future, the private with the town’s public space. 


A “deconstruction” is deliberate, creating voids in the form of unexpected courtyards, full of memories.


 


 


[PT - Original Language] 


A Casa Bonança resulta da reabilitação de um antigo armazém de cereais, cujo generoso pé-direito permite a fruição de três pisos francamente abertos, com espaços vazados e comunicações verticais soltas. Esventra-se parte do interior do edifício, para criar um pátio ajardinado, com uma piscina sobrelevada. Remove-se parte da cobertura, mantendo a sua estrutura de madeira solta, ao ar livre, como vértices do volume original e como enquadramento de um céu infinito, para onde se prolonga o olhar, numa profunda relação de intimidade.


Ao contrário da privacidade que se estabelece com a rua, pela opacidade das espessas paredes do edifício original, onde apenas as também originais fenestrações cumprem o dever de filtrar esse compromisso visual casa/rua.


A parede exterior mantém-se, mas o edifício descola-se desta, libertando essa “pele” para estabelecer a relação do passado com o futuro e do espaço íntimo com o espaço público da cidade. Promove-se uma “desconstrução” para criar negativos ou vazios, sob a forma de pátios inesperados, subtilmente delimitados pelas memórias do lugar.

65 users love this project
Comments
View previous comments
    comment
    user
    Enlarge image

    This corner house is the result of renovating an old barn and the high ceilings have allowed the building to be divided into three floors that are quite open with empty spaces and free vertical communication.  The inside of the building was gutted, beside the corner, to make a garden patio with a raised swimming pool. The roof tiles were removed only in this part of the building, but the trussed were kept, free in the open air, like vertices of the original space and against a background...

    Project details
    • Status Completed works
    Archilovers On Instagram
    Lovers 65 users