New House in Chícharo, Torres Novas Home, Santarém Property, Residential Architecture Portugal

Casa Sobre Armazém, Torres Novas

Central Portuguese Home design by Miguel Marcelino Arquitectos

23 Sep 2013

Location: Chícharo, Torres Novas, Santarém – north of Lisbon, central Portugal

Design: Miguel Marcelino

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Photos: Joao Morgado

Casa Sobre Armazém - Torres Novas house
photograph : Joao Morgado

New House in Torres Novas

House on a Warehouse

The briefing was to build a three-bedroom house on top of a warehouse built in the 1980s, where part of the roof was made with a flat slab and a small balcony, precisely with that idea of later building the house.

New House in Torres Novas
photograph : Joao Morgado

Given the constraints of the existing warehouse, the house shape turns out to be automatically set: a box that rests on the existing structure. The rooms are placed to the east, the toilets to the west, as well as the kitchen, looking to a centennial olive tree.

The existing balcony will be maintained and “duplicated” as a shading element. The living room is placed south where its south/east corner is diagonally cut in a way that the balcony could enlarge and offer an outdoor area protected from the sun and rain, overlooking the valley.

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House on a Warehouse – Building Information

Architecture: Miguel Marcelino
Location: Chícharo, Torres Novas, Santarém, Portugal
Title: CASA SOBRE ARMAZÉM – HOUSE ON A WAREHOUSE
Dates: 2007-12
Structural Engineering: 560Eng (João Esteves)
Plumbing Engineering: 560Eng (José Rodrigues)
Phases: 2007-2010 (project) ; 2011-2012 (construction)
General Contractor: João Felício

Gross Floor Area: 138m2
Gross Volume: 437m3
Building Footprint: 114m2
Site Area: 4.108m2
Energy Efficiency Class: A
Client: Cândido Vieira

Photographs: João Morgado

Portuguese text:

Casa Chícharo

Casa Sobre Armazém

New House in Torres Novas
photograph : Joao Morgado

O programa consistia em construir uma casa com três quartos em cima de um armazém, construído nos anos 80, onde parte da cobertura ficou com uma laje e uma pequena varanda, justamente com essa ideia de mais tarde construir a habitação.

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photographs : Joao Morgado

Tendo em conta as condicionantes resultantes do armazém existente, a forma da casa acaba por estar automaticamente definida à partida: uma caixa que assenta na estrutura existente. Os quartos são colocados a nascente, as casas-de-banho viram-se a poente, bem como a cozinha que olha para uma oliveira centenária e uns choupos de grandes dimensões. A varanda existente será mantida e “duplicada” como pala. No lado sul fica a sala cuja esquina sul/nascente é “cortada” na diagonal, de modo a que a varanda possa alargar e oferecer uma área de estar exterior protegida do sol e da chuva, com vista sobre o vale que se prolonga no horizonte.

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Casa Sobre Armazém – Building Information

Arquitectura: Miguel Marcelino
Engenharia de Estruturas: 560Eng (João Esteves)
Engenharia Hidráulica: 560Eng (José Rodrigues)
Datas: 2007-2010 (projecto) ; 2011-2012 (construção)
Empreiteiro Geral: João Felício
Área de Construção: 138m2
Volume de Construção: 437m3
Área de Implantação: 114m2
Área do Lote: 4.108m2
Classe Energética: A
Localização: Chícharo, Torres Novas, Portugal
Cliente: Cândido Vieira
Fotografias: João Morgado

Floor Plan
New House in Torres Novas
drawing : Miguel Marcelino

Casa Sobre Armazém, Torres Novas images / information from Joao Morgado / Miguel Marcelino

Joao Morgado : Architectural Photography – external link

Location: Chícharo, Torres Novas, Portugal

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