duarte caldas completes minimalist renovation in portugal
Duarte Caldas Structure Design (DC.AD) has accomplished the renovation of a residential constructing in Cartaxo, about 60km north of Lisbon, Portugal. The intervention seeks to attach a sequence of fragmented architectural areas, by means of textured hues of beige and white, concrete platforms, and picket pillars, and thus set up a uniform residing atmosphere with minimalist aesthetics. The challenge was developed for a artistic younger couple who fled the capital in the hunt for a quiet place to stay and to launch their new artist residency program.
all photos by Francisco Nogueira
reaching aesthetic, formal, and purposeful consistency
The architectural elements of the unique constructing have been moderately odd, with exaggerated disconnected components leading to a disjointed general mixture. Probably the most troublesome side of the refurbishment by DC.AD (see extra right here) was reaching aesthetic, formal, and purposeful consistency that may resignify the present architectural setting.
All auxiliary options have been faraway from the façade, together with low partitions and paved walkways, and the openings have been rearranged. In the meantime, the surface flat surfaces have been painted in beige and white tones to obviously determine the assorted volumes. The unique water mirror was remodeled right into a swimming pool, and new platforms have been constructed by altering the patio’s pavement elevations to accommodate a wide range of out of doors actions.
excessive ceilings, skylights, and picket beams
Inside, the room structure was usually maintained. The doorway is situated on the west facet, separating the social areas from the non-public ones. Within the coronary heart of the constructing, an open kitchen serves as a purposeful transitional zone between the intimate and customary rooms of the home, the out of doors space, and the swimming pool. This important social space is a distinguished attribute of the challenge, due to its beneficiant measurement, noble character, excessive ceilings, and its permeability.
The picket beams on the ceiling present the inside with an inviting character whereas additionally supporting the skylights that draw pure mild in. Beneath the skylights, there’s a multi-level concrete podium that serves as a seating space, a protracted espresso desk, and a planter to carry a contact of pure vegetation to the house. As well as, a big desk in pure purple travertine stone was designed to emphasise the proportions of the room.
immersive uniform inside expertise
Within the non-public wing of the home, the small courtyards to the south let mild into the bedrooms and bogs. Every bathroom is characterised by way of a unique shade, underlined by the sinks in pure stone, mixed in precisely the identical shade. The main bedroom stands out for combining a residing and dealing space in shut proximity to the swimming pool with a protracted, white dressing room that gives unobtrusive entry to the separate bathroom and bathe space.
The usage of textured coatings all through the inside, such because the beige and white of the partitions or the cement of the ground, is in step with the logic used for the outside surfaces. This helps to offer uniformity to the entire whereas providing a welcoming and immersive expertise of the totally different areas.
