The rehabilitation of this villa calls for various dimensions of dreams, both in the enjoyment of the interior and in the contemplation of the panoramic horizon. The contemporary language and materials, especially the volumes of white lacquered plates and large glass spans, clearly marked the enlargement, differentiated from the original house.
Architecture firm
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Location
Coimbra, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez
Typology
Residential › House
Light, intimacy, balance and contemplation of the outdoor spaces are some of RCR House striking features - a haven located in a residential area of Anadia, in central Portugal.
Architecture firm
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Location
Anadia, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Preserve the identity of the site and the characteristics of the building in question gave us the motto for intervention. The proposed space appears as a "house inside a house". A massive volume landed into the existing space replicating the geometry of the shape.
Project name
Information Center of the Romanesque (Centro Informação do Românico)
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers®
Location
Paredes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Rodrigues, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Miguel
Structural engineer
Simetria Vertical, Lda
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Information Center
Intervening in an existing building is in itself a good challenge, when we have added centuries of history to the pre-existence, the challenge is even greater. The intervention focuses on the creation of an exhibition structure, alluding to the life and historical legacy of Damião de Gois, inside an old, restored church in Alenquer.
Project name
Museu Damião de Góis e as Vitimas da Inquisição / Damião de Góis Museum and the Victims of the Inquisition
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers
Location
Alenquer, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG. Video: Building Pictures
Principal architect
Rui Dinis, Henrique Marques
Design team
João Ortigão, Marco Santos, Tiago
Collaborators
Carla Duarte (Finance Director), Bairro Design (Furniture design)
Visualization
Spaceworkers
Client
Alenquer Municipality
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
The idea of a vernacular architecture (forgotten) and how it seeks to form a clear speech between the landscape and the programmatic needs is something that we have always admired. A very successful example of this are the structures to support agriculture (barns / granary), which, more or less randomly, punctuate the countryside, as blocks of ephe...
Architecture firm
spaceworkers®
Location
Paredes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Rodrigues, Sérgio Rocha, Daniel Neto, Vasco Giesta, José Carlos
Collaborators
Carla Duarte - cfo (finance director)
Structural engineer
aspp ENGENHEIROS, Lda
Typology
Residentialdential › House
Cabo de vila is a house for a young couple that wanted a house that doesn't look like a regular house. When we first meet the place for the house, the approach to the location give us the central mote for the project. We wanted a shape that can fill the void left by the valley and at the same time we wanted this new shape to embrace and reflects th...
Project name
Cabo de Vila House
Architecture firm
spaceworkers®
Location
Paredes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Building Pictures (video)
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Dinis, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Miguel
Collaborators
Bairro Design® (Furniture Design), Carla Duarte - cfo (finance director)
Structural engineer
ana&pedro
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House
It starts from the imaginary of the treehouse, where the main idea of being in contact with nature and discovery, allows to stimulate learning from a concept that meets the methodology used in school.
Project name
Casa da Árvore
Architecture firm
Contaminar Arquitetos
Location
Leiria, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz, Eurico Sousa and Joaquim Duarte
Design team
Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz, Eurico Sousa and Joaquim Duarte
Collaborators
Filipa Pimpão, Ana Carolina and Sara Fernandes
Civil engineer
Dimeng, Lda
Structural engineer
Dimeng, Lda
Construction
Irmãos Couto e Coito, Lda
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Tools used
ZWCAD and ArchiCAD
Client
O Jardim dos Fraldinhas
Typology
Educational › 1st Cycle School of Basic Education
Algarve, in the South of Portugal does not only live by the sea. Proof of this is the village of São Bartolomeu de Messines, municipality of Silves - located in the interior of the Algarve, far from the mass tourism that occupies the whole coast, and privileged by the mountains that surround the whole region.
Project name
House in Messines
Architecture firm
Vitor Vilhena Arquitectura
Location
São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vitor Vilhena
Collaborators
Vitor Vilhena, Fábio Guimarães, Nuno Gonçalves, João Simões
Civil engineer
PLANN Engineer
Structural engineer
PLANN Engineer
Supervision
Vitor Vilhena Architecture
Construction
Window to the Future, lda
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
