The Green House / URBAstudios
The room that aimed to be an apartment and turned into a “House”
© João Morgado
Architects: URBAstudios
Location: Porto, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Nuno Alves de Carvalho
Area: 49.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: João Morgado
Constructor: Coperage Engenharia
© João Morgado
The room that aimed to be an apartment and turned into a “House”The project is located in a XIXth century building in the historical centre of the city of Porto. The object of the intervention was a room of 36m2 in a damaged state, facing towards the front of the third floor of the building. The vertical communication of this kind of building is typically situated in the centre, so that there is a room facing the front and one facing the back of the building.
Diagram
The programme was ambitious for a 36m2 space. The client wanted to build, with a limited budget, a complete apartment for short term renting, able to allocate 4 to 5 people with the best possible privacy.
© João Morgado
The approach aimed to take away the temporary and impersonal character typical of short term renting apartments by using a familiar and universally recognizable concept/image.
Plan
Given that the project is in the top floor of the building, it was possible to expand the space towards the attic gaining more than 13 m2 of usable area. Moreover, it en...
© João Morgado
Architects: URBAstudios
Location: Porto, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Nuno Alves de Carvalho
Area: 49.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: João Morgado
Constructor: Coperage Engenharia
© João Morgado
The room that aimed to be an apartment and turned into a “House”The project is located in a XIXth century building in the historical centre of the city of Porto. The object of the intervention was a room of 36m2 in a damaged state, facing towards the front of the third floor of the building. The vertical communication of this kind of building is typically situated in the centre, so that there is a room facing the front and one facing the back of the building.
Diagram
The programme was ambitious for a 36m2 space. The client wanted to build, with a limited budget, a complete apartment for short term renting, able to allocate 4 to 5 people with the best possible privacy.
© João Morgado
The approach aimed to take away the temporary and impersonal character typical of short term renting apartments by using a familiar and universally recognizable concept/image.
Plan
Given that the project is in the top floor of the building, it was possible to expand the space towards the attic gaining more than 13 m2 of usable area. Moreover, it en...
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