João's House / Guilherme Machado Vaz
João's House is a renovation project for a small house located in the old part of the city of Porto, close to the Douro River. It is a traditional XIX century ground floor building with walls made with stone, and a wooden roof structure covered with tiles. It was once used as a bakery that served the local population who were mostly fishermen.
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
Architect: Guilherme Machado Vaz
Location: Porto, Portugal
Area: 179.0 sqm
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: LuÃs Ferreira Alves
From the architect. João's House is a renovation project for a small house located in the old part of the city of Porto, close to the Douro River. It is a traditional XIX century ground floor building with walls made with stone, and a wooden roof structure covered with tiles. It was once used as a bakery that served the local population who were mostly fishermen.
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
The project transforms the bakery into a two floor house distributing the social spaces on the groundfloor and the private spaces on the upperfloor. There is a mid level between the two floors to open a small pátio that brings light to the client’s musical studio.
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
The social space on the ground floor - living room and kitchen - is fisically divided, and visually United, by a piece of furniture that works simultaneously as ...
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
Architect: Guilherme Machado Vaz
Location: Porto, Portugal
Area: 179.0 sqm
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: LuÃs Ferreira Alves
From the architect. João's House is a renovation project for a small house located in the old part of the city of Porto, close to the Douro River. It is a traditional XIX century ground floor building with walls made with stone, and a wooden roof structure covered with tiles. It was once used as a bakery that served the local population who were mostly fishermen.
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
The project transforms the bakery into a two floor house distributing the social spaces on the groundfloor and the private spaces on the upperfloor. There is a mid level between the two floors to open a small pátio that brings light to the client’s musical studio.
© LuÃs Ferreira Alves
The social space on the ground floor - living room and kitchen - is fisically divided, and visually United, by a piece of furniture that works simultaneously as ...
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