The Loquat Tree House / Machado Igreja Arquitectos
The apartment was visibly disfigured and degraded. The parlors looked over the road; the kitchen and the bedroom stood above an enclosed balcony, which led to an abandoned courtyard where the loquat endured. The project contemplates the conversion of the parlors into bedrooms making way for the living room.
© João Morgado
Architects: Machado Igreja Arquitectos
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Lead Architect: Tiago Machado Igreja
Area: 83.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: João Morgado
Collaborator: LuÃs Marquez
© João Morgado
Text description provided by the architects. The apartment was visibly disfigured and degraded. The parlors looked over the road; the kitchen and the bedroom stood above an enclosed balcony, which led to an abandoned courtyard where the loquat endured. The project contemplates the conversion of the parlors into bedrooms making way for the living room.
Floor Plan
At the heart of the apartment, the wooden corridor emerged between the stone-coated damp zones. The sliding panel, standing between it and the common areas, has two openings, which allows illumination of the corridor and brings the loquat into context.
© João Morgado
Section
© João Morgado
The abandoned courtyard, in turn, gains a leading role as an indispensable complement to the living area and the kitchen. Then arise...
© João Morgado
Architects: Machado Igreja Arquitectos
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Lead Architect: Tiago Machado Igreja
Area: 83.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: João Morgado
Collaborator: LuÃs Marquez
© João Morgado
Text description provided by the architects. The apartment was visibly disfigured and degraded. The parlors looked over the road; the kitchen and the bedroom stood above an enclosed balcony, which led to an abandoned courtyard where the loquat endured. The project contemplates the conversion of the parlors into bedrooms making way for the living room.
Floor Plan
At the heart of the apartment, the wooden corridor emerged between the stone-coated damp zones. The sliding panel, standing between it and the common areas, has two openings, which allows illumination of the corridor and brings the loquat into context.
© João Morgado
Section
© João Morgado
The abandoned courtyard, in turn, gains a leading role as an indispensable complement to the living area and the kitchen. Then arise...
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