House in Rua Faria Guimarães / Fala Atelier
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.
© Ricardo Loureiro
Architects: Fala Atelier
Location: Porto, Portugal
Design Team: Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Mariana Silva, Diogo Paixão, Paulo Sousa
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Ricardo Loureiro
Tiles: Paulina Piech
Contractor: Engilaco
Collages: Fala Atelier
Client: stunning chapter ltd
Collage. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
Collage. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
From the architect. 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.
Before. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
© Ricardo Loureiro
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 ...
© Ricardo Loureiro
Architects: Fala Atelier
Location: Porto, Portugal
Design Team: Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Mariana Silva, Diogo Paixão, Paulo Sousa
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Ricardo Loureiro
Tiles: Paulina Piech
Contractor: Engilaco
Collages: Fala Atelier
Client: stunning chapter ltd
Collage. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
Collage. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
From the architect. 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.
Before. Image Courtesy of Fala Atelier
© Ricardo Loureiro
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 ...
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