Three Exposed Concrete Façades | Corpo Atelier
Faro / Portugal / 2023
Three concrete façades of three houses are set around a courtyard. Each façade displays a different arrangement of the same constructive principle: a wall of exposed concrete rises from the ground, then, at a certain moment, a metal grid emerges from the concrete to contain a variety of local stones stacked on top of each other, until finally, the grid contains nothing but air.
Inside, in the main house, no major changes occurred, with the exception of the removal of four walls. For each demolished wall, a line of pine wood was set on the concrete floor and four replicas of the original doorframes were placed in their exact position, emphasizing the physical absence of the walls that were once there.
As for the main façade, facing Alportel street, due to its exceptional aesthetic and compositional qualities, it remained exactly the same as it was when designed in 1934.
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Três fachadas de betão de três casas organizam-se em torno de um pátio. Cada fachada demonstra uma composição diferente do mesmo princípio construtivo: uma parede de betão aparente nasce do chão, para depois, num determinado momento, uma grelha metálica emergir do betão para conter várias pedras locais empilhadas umas sobre as outras, até que finalmente, a grelha conter apenas ar.
No interior, na casa principal, não houveram alterações significativas, com excepção da remoção de quatro paredes. Por cada parede demolida foi colocada uma linha de madeira de pinho a marcar o pavimento de betão, e quatro réplicas dos aros originais das portas interiores foram colocados na sua posição original, enfatizando a ausência física das paredes que antes ali estavam.
Quanto à fachada principal, a que dá para a Rua do Alportel, devido às suas excepcionais qualidades estéticas e compositivas, foi mantida exactamente como era em 1934, quando foi desenhada.
Lead Architects: Filipe Paixão and Diogo Silva
Other participants: Laura Correia, Laura Bação, Pietro Pucci
Brands / Products: Concrete and Cortizo Window frames
Photography: Frederico Martinho
Website: https://fredericomartinho.pt/
Three concrete façades of three houses are set around a courtyard. Each façade displays a different arrangement of the same constructive principle: a wall of exposed concrete rises from the ground, then, at a certain moment, a metal grid emerges from the concrete to contain a variety of local stones stacked on top of each other, until finally, the grid contains nothing but air. Inside, in the main house, no major changes occurred, with the exception of the removal of four walls....
- Year 2023
- Work finished in 2023
- Status Completed works
- Type Apartments
- Websitehttps://www.corpoatelier.com/
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