Correia / RagAzzi Arquitectos

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves

Rehabilitation of an apartment

Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Correia/ragazzi Arquitectos

MANUFACTURERS 
Panoramah!®

PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT
Ah!38 - Minimalist Window

ENTREPRENEUR 
António Alves

COLLABORATORS
Ana Lúcia Monteiro, Diogo Nogueira, Francesca Gramegna, Hugo Natário, Rita Breda

STRUCTURE AND FUNDATION ENGINEERING
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HIDRAULIC ENGINEERING
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TECHNICAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING
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  HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Raul Serafim & Associados

STRUCTURE AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
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AREA
375 m²

SITE AREA
200m2

YEAR 
2013

LOCATION
Braga, Portugal

CATEGORY
Renovation, Apartment Interiors

he Project intended to remodel two apartments and unite them in order to create a duplex apartment, which best meets the needs of the family.

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves

In this sense, the intervention was defined by the characterization of a social floor, consisting of kitchen, laundry, living room, terrace, guest bathroom and guest suite.

The upper floor would be the private housing area consisting of three suites, one for the parents and two for the children.

The union of both floors and, consequently, of the house, was achieved by the introduction of a twostorey high hall with the access stair, designed as a focal piece that distributes the program;

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves

a partial demolition of the existent slab was needed. The stairs create, also, on the upper floor, a balcony with a view over the lower floor.

The entire apartment was designed taking into consideration the characteristics of the materials that were chosen to create a game of volumes, light and dark.

One chose light coloured walls, yet high in texture, finished in microcement.

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves

Panels, doors and wardrobes of darker colour, made of black Valchromat.

The lower floor, social, is united by its pavement in manual hydraulic mosaic, in a pattern that introduces texture and three dimensionality, studied according to the scale of the compartments, and specially produced.

Throughout this floor one defined a height, of human scale, designed by either the change of material, colour or height of the ceiling, doorframe etc.; which transverses and unites all the spaces.

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
© Luis Ferreira Alves

At the upper floor there are wood floors except on the bathrooms.

The main suite is designed with four spaces, the entrance leading to a reading and/or gymnasium area, followed by the sleeping area, then the walk in closet with access to the bathroom, which is composed of a wet area with a shower and freestanding bathtub.

The two smaller suites, for each child, are on the opposite side of the apartment; they each have a bathroom covered in glass and mirror, with natural light.

Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
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Rehabilitation Of An Apartment
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Correia / RagAzzi Arquitectos
T +351 226 067047
Correia / RagAzzi Arquitectos
R. de Eugénio de Castro 301, 4100-225 Porto, Portugal