From the existing plot, there was an access garden, a degraded two stories house, and a backyard garden. The project had as the main goal the requalification of the existing house and its expansion, through not only a new implantation and back facade design, as well as the optimization of the roof morphology for a new attic area. In order to promote the new functional program and get a better spatiality, it ran a total reorganization of interior layouts of the ground and upper floors. Through the rise of the existing ridge quota and the volumetry of the roof, the house was offered a new attic area with a great connection with the surrounding, through a terrace. The front facade remained unchanged.

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Architects: Coletivo Cais

Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Author Architects: Guilherme Bivar, Marta Pavão

Architect In Charge: Marta Pavão

Area: 210.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Francisco Nogueira

Water And Sewage, Thermal, Acoustic: Patrícia Ferreira, João Rovisco

Structure: David Camões

Air Conditioning, Electric, Telecommunications: Fernando Correia

Constructor: Blue Office

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Text description provided by the architects. From the existing plot, there was an access garden, a degraded two stories house, and a backyard garden. The project had as the main goal the requalification of the existing house an...