Remodeling of a housing for tourism purposes, "Quinta Molis Belta"
The exercise that the client proposed to us was to remodel the existing house, making it more flexible in its use, dignifying and personalizing each space.
The luminosity and the relation with the river were nuclear factors in the development of the project.
We presented several solutions and decided that the housing could only work if some of the structural walls ceased to exist. It was a complex option, since we had to reinforce the slab with inverted beams, and thus dismember some interior spaces.
The strategy of the main façade was to hide the entrance of the garage with wooden slat. Then we created a small stage, which we punctuated with an olive tree, representing the longevity and respect we had for the old construction. Behind this, we used a large polished stainless steel panel, so we could reflect and mirror our tree.
Laterally, we lift a suspended wall to make the front more transparent and light. We also wanted to contrast the windows so that they had the utmost of expression, we applied some black metal angles to the "framing".
At the arrival point, we construct large blades with limited spaces between them, horizontally and vertically, elegantly defining the moment of arrival. On the roof, we decided to build a ladder of light, which represents the evolution of life, and creates a high moment to define the most important space of the house, the dining room.
As we entered the room, our point of view collapsed into a plane of natural light, and later we came upon a faceted wall, clad in a mirror, leaning over and declined for the first meeting with the guest.
In the access stairway to floor -1 there is a reading space, since the width of the place gave us this possibility. The encounter with the sky was inevitable, and we made the skylight a window of encounter with the stars.
In the rooms facing the spring, we find in the morning the laughter that leaks and fills uninterruptedly, giving us the sensation that our view is different every day. The color and shape of the reed inspired us for the outer coats. We used the Nordic pine slab, thermally modified, so that it could exist in time without any maintenance.
The outdoor areas were carefully designed so that the pool, the Portuguese sidewalk, the green spaces and the river could talk permanently.
Architect responsible: Rómulo Neto
Team:
Director of Inspection of Work: Rómulo Neto
Project of specialties: Rómulo Neto Architects
Other employees (engineers, clients, consultants, etc): Eugenio Isaev.
Materials used in the project (minimum 3): Concrete / Glass / Wood
Company / Product: Serviçomad,LDA: Carpentry
Sosoares: Aluminum and Glass frames
Lomboser: Metalic structure
Photography: Its. Ivo Tavares Studio - architectural photographer
