(Português)
"A casa surge estruturada em 3 pisos, que se relacionam espacialmente em corte e que possuem características distintas, em cada nível.
"A casa surge estruturada em 3 pisos, que se relacionam espacialmente em corte e que possuem características distintas, em cada nível.
No piso –1, os espaços dispõem-se sob o contorno do piso 0. Contudo, essa ideia de ‘limite imposto’ é questionada através de ‘avanços’ ou ‘distensões’, operadas nas 3 direções possíveis (norte, este e oeste), sob a forma de pátios e piscina. Estão integrados, neste nível, espaços de trabalho e de apoio.
No piso 0, o limite do “recinto“, surge alargado e definido através dos muros do lote. O espaço interior é configurado de forma livre. Em coerência com a estratégia de maximizar a presença de espaço exterior ajardinado, a garagem é remetida para uma zona “encaixada“ a sul da cozinha. Neste piso localizam-se todos os espaços sociais da habitação.
No piso superior, reside a expressão mais significativa deste projeto. É configurado (até aos limites máximos permitidos pelo regulamento) uma espécie de recinto de contornos opacos, englobando quartos e respectivos pátios, que dilatam o espaço fruível e protegem a intimidade.
Na cobertura, um terraço visitável liberta finalmente o olhar que se abre numa visão de 360º, sobre o casario envolvente, na direção do mar, ou da magnífica Serra de Sintra."
ARX Portugal
The building has been thus structured in three floors, spatially related
in profile, each level having specific and different characteristics.
In Level -1, the areas are laid out (as the regulations so demand) under the contour of the ground level . However, this idea of “imposed limits” is to be questioned through the means of “distensions” and “advancements”, to be operated in the three possible directions (north, east and west), shaped as yards and pool. In this floor there will also be included work and service areas.
On the ground level, the limits for the “precincts”, appears widened and defined by the walls around the lot. The inner space is freely configured. Consistent with the strategy of maximizing the presence of the gardened outdoor space, the garage is then left aside to an “inserted” area to the south of the kitchen. All the social spaces of the building are located on this floor.
On the upper floor resides what is the most significant expression of this project. Until the maximum limits allowed by the regulations, was shaped a kind of enclosure of opaque lines encompassing the bedrooms and their respective yards, thus expanding the enjoyable areas and protecting their necessary intimacy.
On the roof level, an accessible terrace finally liberates the eye over a 360º view of the surrounding houses, the sea or the beautiful mountains of Sintra.
(English)
In Level -1, the areas are laid out (as the regulations so demand) under the contour of the ground level . However, this idea of “imposed limits” is to be questioned through the means of “distensions” and “advancements”, to be operated in the three possible directions (north, east and west), shaped as yards and pool. In this floor there will also be included work and service areas.
On the ground level, the limits for the “precincts”, appears widened and defined by the walls around the lot. The inner space is freely configured. Consistent with the strategy of maximizing the presence of the gardened outdoor space, the garage is then left aside to an “inserted” area to the south of the kitchen. All the social spaces of the building are located on this floor.
On the upper floor resides what is the most significant expression of this project. Until the maximum limits allowed by the regulations, was shaped a kind of enclosure of opaque lines encompassing the bedrooms and their respective yards, thus expanding the enjoyable areas and protecting their necessary intimacy.
On the roof level, an accessible terrace finally liberates the eye over a 360º view of the surrounding houses, the sea or the beautiful mountains of Sintra.