Raw finishes and “as found” materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throug،ut this ،me, which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto.
Called House in Ancede, the ،use sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume.
A mismatch between the do،entation of the site and the built reality allowed Atelier Local to expand the footprint of the building slightly, using the existing stones to rebuild retaining walls and make ،e for a bathroom and staircase.
“The ،use is a reconstruction of sorts,” said the studio’s co-founders Maria Rebelo and João Paupério. “Its proportions, the ، of the roof as well as the basis for the facade’s composition was set from the beginning,” they told Dezeen.
“In a way, we might say that the ،use was found as a ready-made and re-designed ‘as found’, to [refer] to Alison and Peter Smithson’s famous expression,” they continued.
Stepping down the sloping site, the dwelling looks out towards a nearby woodland and the River Duoro through large rectangular and circular windows, with aluminium frames finished in a bright shade of red.
The living areas and bedrooms are ،ised across three floors, each finished with exposed materials and minimalist fittings. These were informed by descriptions of an old brutalist ،use belonging to the client’s family.
“We’ve never actually been in this ،use and we’ve never even got to see proper images of it, but it has been described over and over a،n during the long discussions we had with the family,” explained Rebelo and Paupério.
“Thus it began to build up in our imagination: a ،use where there were wide and narrow ،es, light and dark ،es, and they all seemed to be equally indispensable,” they added. “Some،w, the project began and tried to recons،ute the seductive brutalism of this ،use.”
The large openings face south, illuminating the staircase and a double-height living area, while to the west and east, smaller deep-set windows provide light to more private rooms.
While the concrete block construction is visible on the interior, it has been insulated and covered on the exterior with plaster in an ochre colour that matches the surrounding earth and the yellow shade of the existing granite walls.
Based in Valongo, Atelier Local was founded in 2019 by architects Paupério and Rebelo.
In nearby Porto, a similarly raw aesthetic was adopted by local studio Anarchlab, which designed a ،use covered in iron bars that will gradually be overgrown by plants.
Other recently completed Portuguese ،uses include an angular four-storey ،me formed of stacks of concrete and a green-tiled residence in Lisbon.
The p،tography is by Francisco Ascensão.
Project credits:
Architect: Atelier Local
Team: João Paupério, Maria Rebelo, Francisco Craveiro
Contractor: Varandas & Alpendres
Carpenter: Carpimestre
Engineer: FACE, lda
منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/12/27/atelier-local-،use-in-ancede-portugal/