The low quality materials of the old facade are stripped away, discovering that the house was composed of three small volumes. The original volumes are maintained and unified through a perforated slab, which fills the entire social area located on the ground floor with light
Old renovated farmhouse. Three white volumes stand on a rustic ground floor
Paulo Merlini arquitetos decides to keep the original volumes of the farmhouse located in Gondomar, Portugal, in his renovation project, unifying them through a ground floor characterized by a more rustic materiality
The creation of the roof garden on the central slab offers a new intimate garden to all the rooms of the house on the second floor. On the ground floor, a more rugged materiality conveys the feeling of living in a heap of excavated granite in a strong relationship with the outside space
Conversely, on the second floor, the three volumes are white and flooded with light, creating a strong contrast with the basement. Inside, the wooden shutters, the white and the parquet recreate the atmosphere of a country house
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