Our studio were excited to take on such an interesting project in the Fishing Village of Ferragudo, which is situated on the wide estuary of the River Arade in the south of Portugal. The historic center of Ferragudo is an extremely sensitive area to work in and we believed that our intervention should be balanced harmonious and above all integrate with the surrounding architecture and history. The studio decided to explore the concept of “LIVING BEHIND THE WALL” !
Overview - garden
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CONNECTION The challenge was to create a facade which would be a physical barrier between the public and private areas whilst enhancing the visual connection with the village and the river.
Kitchen - Garden
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LEVELS The difficult topography of the site meant that our concept would need to allow for the design of the internal space to strengthen their visual connection with the rest of the village and beyond. The concept we chose was to use the changes of level within the site in order to achieve this goal.
Living room - fireplace
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LIGHTS Another challenge of this concept was to create a light and airy feeling within the building. We created a vertical well of light that links all levels to achieve this.
Living room - Window
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MATERIALS In order to balance the simple white walls natural materials of wood and stone in earthy tones where chosen.
Living behind the wall - 1st floor - terrace above living room
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Living behind the wall - Living room
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Living behind the wall - ground floor
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Airy - lightwell
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Airy - lightwell - side
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Airy - Behind the wall
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Lights in the dusk - terrace kitchen
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Lights in the dusk - Steps from bedroom patio to kitchen terrace
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Kitchen terrace
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Lightwell - Kitchen to living room
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Lightwell - See through
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Lightweel
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Night - Bright light - living room
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Night - Bright light - lightwell
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Night - bright light - Living behind the wall
© Marlene Uldschmidt . Published on June 26, 2014.