acl house
portugal, residential
The program demanded a single-story construction and the need to assure the privacy of the home, in regards to future neighbouring constructions.
The sites morphology, the presence of a strong tree mass and the desired relation with the close surroundings, in particular with the existing garden and house, set forth the design process that became consolidated by the programs extension.
The house was organized around a patio, with a clearly private character that would function as an exterior extension of its interior space.
Functionally, the house is basically composed of two bodies, one orientated East/West incorporates the social areas, the other, embodying the private areas (bedrooms) is orientated North/South.
Under the rigid geometry of the L shaped roof plane, the main element in the characterization of the buildings image and guarantor of its built unity, surge the variety and specificity of forms and materials.
location
Guimarães, Portugal
design year
2000
completion date
2004
area
520 m2
collaborators
Cristina Lima
Francisco Oliveira
Hélio Pinto
photography
Leonardo Finotti
thermal study and hygrothermal
Vasco Peixoto de Freitas
mechanical engineering
CMA
foundations and structures
TDP
electrical engineering
Contraluz