在一条连接市中心和郊区的动脉上,每天都有独立的房屋被拆除,以便为更大的住房开发留出位置,构思一个新的独立房屋是一项微妙的任务。该项目的立面源于两种建筑类型的粗略结合,处于一种脆弱的模糊状态。一个合理的秩序,遵循计划的逻辑,与一组看似不相称的元素叠加在一起:排窗、不规则的大理石正面、看似任意的排水管和粉红色的大理石盘,使构图失衡。这座房子是对独特性的练习,也是对平庸性的练习。

In an artery connecting the city centre to its suburbs, where individual houses are being demolished daily to leave place for bigger housing developments, conceiving a new individual house is a delicate task. The façades of the project stemmed from a rough conjugation of both building types, sitting in a fragile ambiguity. A rational order, following the logic of the plans is superimposed with a set of seemingly inordinate elements: row windows, erratic marble frontons, seemingly arbitrary drainpipes and pink marble discs unbalancing the composition. The house is an exercise on uniqueness as much as it is an exercise on banality.

室内也遵循类似的政策。一个偏离中心的柱子起到了铰链的作用,将每一层分为四个相等的象限。这里有三层,街道的入口在中间一层。固定或灵活的项目统一占据这些象限,将使用权留给用户。房子是一个静态的框架,以适应生活的动态变化。它的中心柱是一个浓缩的、象征性的元素,是这些动态的底层。它的形状是任意的和旺盛的,为每个房间提供独特的视角。一组蓝色的门连接着不同的房间,像超级英雄的斗篷一样装饰着柱子。

The interior follows similar policies. An off-centered column functions as a hinge and divides each level into four equivalent quadrants. There are three levels and the street access is on the middle one. Fixed or flexible programs uniformly occupy these quadrants leaving the use to the user. The house is a static frame for the changing dynamics of life. Its central column is a condensing, symbolical element, a substratum of these dynamics. Its shape is arbitrary and exuberant, providing distinct perspectives to each room. A collection of blue doors interconnect different rooms and adorn the column like a superhero capes.

在下层,未被分割并向花园开放,柱子悬浮在离地面几厘米的地方。因此,它下面的地板很容易清洁,而整个结构的脆弱性也暴露无遗。一所房子总是先有心理建设,再有其他东西。

On the lower level, undivided and open to the garden, the column levitates a few centimeters from the ground. The floor under it is therefore easy to clean, and the fragility of the entire structure is revealed. A house is always a mental construction before anything else.

Architects: fala
Area : 270 m²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Ivo Tavares Studio, Frederico Martinho, Laurian Ghinitoiu, Paulo Catrica, Giulietta Margot
Project Team : Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Lera Samovich, Costanza Favero, Ana Lima, Joana Sendas, Paulo Sousa
City : Porto
Country : Portugal