Casa A

REM'A
4. December 2019
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Project: Casa A, 2019
Location: Guimarães, Portugal
Client: Private
Architect: REM’A
  • Project Team: Romeu Ribeiro, José Pedro Marques Collaboration: André Novais
Engineering: Fortunato & Paulo, Engenharia 
Construction: Construções Bairro do Sol, LDA
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio

The project unfolds around the direct concerns of the context in which it is inserted — the privacy and dual altimetric nature of the lot. Split into two floors, the proposal revolves around two distinct relations of use, based on the use of gaps/yards — whether exogenous or endogenous — corresponding to the type of program which they restrict (social or private). For the social areas of the habitation, exogenous gaps/yards have been established to allow a plurality in the interior/ exterior relations of the house, as well as to expand the habitable surface when the window frames are fully open.

Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio

The private areas are highlighted by endogenous gaps, resulting from the creation of a pure, blind volume, based on the earth retaining wall, which encloses itself — where, exceptionally, one of the adjoining walls is geometrically perforated, thus creating a point of entry into the high elevation — allowing the control of light and visual relations with the surroundings.

Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio

The containing wall, that starts in the outlines of the underground garage, maims the ground and ends at the outlines of the tangential limit of the swimming pool, and represents the rota:on of the volume in a negative way, located on the top of the latter. This monolith is coated in wood, with diagonal rulers, alluding to a mere nest that surrounds the private area of the house. Concrete and wood merge on a shade of grays, in a constant chroma:c mutation.

Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
List of Manufacturers

  • LUNAWOOD – Facade with thermo-modified wood coating 
  • ACCOYA - Decking
  • BBG – Aluminum Window frames
  • POLYREY - Kitchen countertops in Monochromes

Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Photo: Ivo Tavares Studio
Ground Floor Plan (Drawing: REM’A)
Upper Floor Plan (Drawing: REM’A)
Section A-A (Drawing: REM’A)
Section B-B (Drawing: REM’A)

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