Casa Rio, Gondomar Real Estate, Portuguese Rural Modern Home, Residential Architecture Photos
Casa Rio in Gondomar
5 Jan 2021
Design: Paulo Merlini Architects
Location: Gondomar, Portugal
Photos by Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa Rio
The Casa Rio project results from the remodeling of an old farmhouse located in a yet very rural city. By disassembling the poor materials of the old facade we discovered that the house was actually made up of three small houses built according to the needs of the former owner.
This was the key premise for the creation of our project, maintaining the structure of the original volumes and assume their original shape uncovered, unifying them through a slab perforated by a central patio that fills with light the entire social area, located on the ground floor.
A garden roof finish on this central slab offers a new intimate garden to all rooms and private areas of the house.
In terms of materiality, our intention was to create a strong contrast between the two floors.
On the ground floor a rougher materiality, denouncing the tectonic of the construction, transmitting the sensation of living inside a granite excavated mass, with a very strong relation with the exterior space.
And in the upper floor, the geometry of the three original houses is denounced throw their materialization as pure white volumes, flooded with light.
On this floor, the high right feet, the wooden shutters, the white and the wooden floors recreate the feeling of a typical Portuguese country house.
Casa Rio in Gondomar, Porto – Building Information
Architecture Firm: Paulo Merlini Architects
Main Architect: Paulo Merlini / André Santos Silva
Location: Gondomar, Portugal
Year of completion of the work. Year of conclusion: 2020
Total built area (m2). Total area: 350 sqm
Architectural photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa Rio in Gondomar images / information received 040121 from Paulo Merlini Architects
Location: Gondomar, Portugal
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