Two Houses in Nevogilde, Porto
- House, Residential
- Rua Pêro de Alenquer, Porto, 2008
The architectural project of the houses in Nevogilde implements two independent and comfortable residences with a garden on a single lot, without any administrative division of the land.
The plot
The plot of land is "boxed in" between two buildings with a huge visual impact and is exposed by them. The adjacent buildings are very different in facade alignments, volumes, exterior wall finishes and finishes, in short, in their overall expression.
Project constraints
The project for the new building must ensure pleasant enjoyment for the users of the two residences to be built. It must guarantee them sufficient privacy, a good relationship with their respective gardens, good natural lighting of the rooms, making them forget the urban context. This implied, on one hand, the greatest use of the allowed construction area, and on the other, finding solutions for the pleasant natural lighting and ventilation of the living spaces, without compromising their privacy.
The project
It was intended that the houses in Nevogilde offered the habitability of semi-detached houses. Thus, they both have independent and direct access from the street, as well as a private garden. However, they share common access to individual garages, with direct access to the residences.
The different level of exposure to the neighborhood led to the interiors of the two houses having very different configurations, adjusted for the least interference between them. For example, one of the houses has an uncovered inner courtyard and the living spaces divided over two levels, while the other has the rooms on a single level, partially lit by a skylight in the dining area ceiling.
The east-facing house has a terrace at floor level, which does not disturb the privacy of the west-facing house, due to the distance imposed by the uncovered inner courtyard. Thus, the residences offer very different functional spaces, layouts, and solar exposures.
The interior organization of the spaces, kitchen, living rooms, bedrooms, allows for sufficient flexibility of use to accommodate, in comfort, different patterns of needs and goals of future residents.
The use of the houses (3-bedroom and 4-bedroom) by larger families was enhanced, and therefore with a greater diversity of needs and comfort models. Therefore, solutions were sought for spaces that allow, simultaneously, independent uses, through living spaces distributed over different or separate floors, interiors and exteriors.
The foyer over the living room skylight, in the west house, and the uncovered inner courtyard, interposed between rooms, in the east house, are solutions that contribute to bringing natural light of different hues to the interior areas of the residences and thus accentuate the differentiation in the perception of the spaces.
The plot
The plot of land is "boxed in" between two buildings with a huge visual impact and is exposed by them. The adjacent buildings are very different in facade alignments, volumes, exterior wall finishes and finishes, in short, in their overall expression.
Project constraints
The project for the new building must ensure pleasant enjoyment for the users of the two residences to be built. It must guarantee them sufficient privacy, a good relationship with their respective gardens, good natural lighting of the rooms, making them forget the urban context. This implied, on one hand, the greatest use of the allowed construction area, and on the other, finding solutions for the pleasant natural lighting and ventilation of the living spaces, without compromising their privacy.
The project
It was intended that the houses in Nevogilde offered the habitability of semi-detached houses. Thus, they both have independent and direct access from the street, as well as a private garden. However, they share common access to individual garages, with direct access to the residences.
The different level of exposure to the neighborhood led to the interiors of the two houses having very different configurations, adjusted for the least interference between them. For example, one of the houses has an uncovered inner courtyard and the living spaces divided over two levels, while the other has the rooms on a single level, partially lit by a skylight in the dining area ceiling.
The east-facing house has a terrace at floor level, which does not disturb the privacy of the west-facing house, due to the distance imposed by the uncovered inner courtyard. Thus, the residences offer very different functional spaces, layouts, and solar exposures.
The interior organization of the spaces, kitchen, living rooms, bedrooms, allows for sufficient flexibility of use to accommodate, in comfort, different patterns of needs and goals of future residents.
The use of the houses (3-bedroom and 4-bedroom) by larger families was enhanced, and therefore with a greater diversity of needs and comfort models. Therefore, solutions were sought for spaces that allow, simultaneously, independent uses, through living spaces distributed over different or separate floors, interiors and exteriors.
The foyer over the living room skylight, in the west house, and the uncovered inner courtyard, interposed between rooms, in the east house, are solutions that contribute to bringing natural light of different hues to the interior areas of the residences and thus accentuate the differentiation in the perception of the spaces.