In the Atlantic island of São Miguel, in the Azores, an old stable from the beginning of the 20th century was converted into two guesthouses where history and contemporaneity coexist in balance.

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Architects: Mezzo Atelier

Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Area: 250.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Architecture, Interior Design And Product Design: Mezzo Atelier

Design Team: Joana de Oliveira, Giacomo Mezzadri

Construction: Arco Mais

Client: Pink House Azores

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Text description provided by the architects. In the Atlantic island of São Miguel, in the Azores, an old stable from the beginning of the 20th century was converted into two guesthouses where history and contemporaneity coexist in balance.
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The design's main goal was to keep the construction?s character, lines, and its rural atmosphere, while adapting the enclosed structure to a completely new typology and contemporary regulations. New openings where carefully shredded in the colored façades, as well as on the stone wall, and a new volume was added to the main construction, allowing for a second, smaller house to appear integrated in the whole.The bigger house develops in two levels: the ground floor opens to the surrounding exterior spaces and reaches out to it's different heights, cre...