Carvalho Araújo

House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square

House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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HOUSE IN MOUZINHO DE ALBUQUERQUE SQUARE

 Carvalho Araújo

LEAD ARCHITECT
José Manuel Carvalho Araújo

MANUFACTURERS
Much more than a window

CONSTRUTORA
Pedralbet - Construções Lda

ENGINEERING
BO Associados - Projectos de Engenharia, Lda

PHOTOGRAPHS
NUDO

AREA
7104 ft2

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Braga, Portugal   

CATEGORY
House, Renovation, House Interior

House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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The project Casa na Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque represents the materialization of an exercise of spatial organization within an urban plot with a complex configuration.

The location of the building - in one of the main squares in the historic center of Braga, in Portugal - determined the option to preserve the existing volume and façades, and also some characteristic elements inside.

House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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The intervention focused on accommodating a family program properly adjusted to the spatial needs and facilities that are currently required, finding in the existing volumetry a reason (not a condition) for the distribution and design of the spaces.

At the back of the plot, a new construction appears that frees itself from the formal and plastic language of the existing, assuming at the same time a gesture of rupture and continuity with the existing building, by extending the material of the floor and the back facade.

House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
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House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - Ground plan
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - First plan
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House second plan
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Second House - Ground plan


House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - Section A
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - Section C
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - Section D
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Second House - Section E / Section F


House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Implantação
House In Mouzinho De Albuquerque Square
Main House - Elevation

Carvalho Araújo
T +351 253 283580
Carvalho Araújo
Lgo de Santa Cruz nº 506 1º andar, 4700-322 Braga, Portugal