这座老房子是在一连串来自20世纪不同时期的同样不连续的建筑中发现的。该建筑最初是为一个家庭建造的，并被遗弃了数十年，为了应对该地区加速的绅士化进程，设计方案建议将该废墟改造成一个拥有五套公寓的住房单元。
The old house was found in a sequence of equally discrete buildings from different periods of the 20th century. Built originally for a single family, and abandoned for decades, the brief proposed transforming the ruin into a housing unit with five apartments, responding to the accelerated gentrification process in the area.
厚厚的花岗岩墙体的周边被保留下来，内部结构被完全翻新，只保留了轻型木质元素。内部小房间的零散排列被一连串几乎相同尺寸的公寓所取代。
The perimeter of thick granite walls was preserved and the interior structure was completely refurbished, recurring only to light wood elements. The fragmented arrangement of small inner rooms was replaced with a sequence of almost identically dimensioned apartments.
在每个单元中，由可打开的胶合板组成的模块化墙面被涂成深蓝色调，隐藏着不同的功能：厨房、浴室、橱柜。只有在第二眼看时，才能理解这五个单元之间的区别：几个公寓之间一致的系统和视觉关系在其修辞的刚性与楼梯的几何形状、现有的窗户、屋顶的形式的必要适应中找到矛盾。在每个工作室里，一块不同形式的天然石材使表面上对称的内部立面变得不平衡。
In every unit, a modular wall of openable plywood panels was painted in a deep blue tone, concealing different functions: kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry. Only upon a second look it is understandable the distinction between the five units: the consistent system and visual relation between the several apartments finds its contradiction in the necessary adaptation of its rhetorical rigidity to the geometry of the staircase, the existing windows, the form of the roof. In each studio, a piece of natural stone with a different form unbalances the apparently symmetrical inner elevations.
街道的外墙作为一个戏剧性的装置，以非正统的方式使用当地的传统瓷砖。两个不同颜色的双门暗示着不同的等级。
The street facade acts as a theatrical device with its unorthodox use of the traditional local tiles. Two double-doors with different colours suggest distinct hierarchies.
Architects: fala
Year : 2016
Photographs :Ricardo Loureiro
Contractor : Engilaco
Tiles : Paulina Piech
Collages : Fala Atelier
Client : stunning chapter ltd
Design Team : Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Mariana Silva, Diogo Paixão, Paulo Sousa
City : Porto
Country : Portugal
