Casa Moreira / César Machado Moreira
Located on a site facing a narrow street characterized by small houses from different times, the building is a house in the classic sense. The plan is a square with 12x12m. The volumetry of the building was defined by regulatory impositions.
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Architects: César Machado Moreira
Location: Oporto, Portugal
Area: 288.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: José Campos
Engineering: 2MP
Contractor: Weplan
© José Campos
Text description provided by the architects. Located on a site facing a narrow street characterized by small houses from different times, the building is a house in the classic sense. The plan is a square with 12x12m. The volumetry of the building was defined by regulatory impositions.
© José Campos
Ground Floor Plan
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The upper floor receded 3 meters in relation to the ground floor to line the building facing East. The roof with two inclinations was obtained by the angle of 45º corresponding to the width of the street in front of the house. To the north, to the street, the house is closed and its entrance is made to a courtyard, with Mediterranean characteristics, which allows natural ventilation in the interior during all seasons.
© José Campos
The house opens south, to the garden that is topped, at the opposite end, by a tank that is also a swimming pool. The ground floor w...
© José Campos
Architects: César Machado Moreira
Location: Oporto, Portugal
Area: 288.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: José Campos
Engineering: 2MP
Contractor: Weplan
© José Campos
Text description provided by the architects. Located on a site facing a narrow street characterized by small houses from different times, the building is a house in the classic sense. The plan is a square with 12x12m. The volumetry of the building was defined by regulatory impositions.
© José Campos
Ground Floor Plan
© José Campos
The upper floor receded 3 meters in relation to the ground floor to line the building facing East. The roof with two inclinations was obtained by the angle of 45º corresponding to the width of the street in front of the house. To the north, to the street, the house is closed and its entrance is made to a courtyard, with Mediterranean characteristics, which allows natural ventilation in the interior during all seasons.
© José Campos
The house opens south, to the garden that is topped, at the opposite end, by a tank that is also a swimming pool. The ground floor w...
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