Boavista House

Boavista House
Boavista House

Boavista House

Pablo Pita Architects

CONSULTANTS
Alfaengenharia

TEAM
Pablo Rebelo, Pedro Pita, Ricardo Oliveira, Catarina Alegria

CONSTRUCTOR
José Leal Sc, Lda

PHOTOGRAPHY
José Campos, Architectural Photography

AREA
0 Sqft - 1000 Sqft

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Porto, Portugal

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Boavista is a single-family house refurbishment in a well-known Porto street with the same name.

Boavista House
Boavista House

The plot was a last century house in an advanced state of ruin facing one of the busiest streets, but offering a garden in the interior of the block.

The width limitations of these old constructions invite the dwelling to extend its boundaries to the inner courtyard.

Boavista House
Boavista House

With this, a generous area is provided, setting the entire social area through one contiguous space.

The kitchen extension connects to the garden, assuming a crucial role in the relation with the exterior.

Boavista House
Boavista House

A wheeled wooden island allows a flexible use of the space.A skin of wooden shutters characterize the extension façade and set different layers of shade.

In the center a light core is settled, being the stairs developed in different stages with different relations with this void.

Therefore the theme of the skylight is revisited, exploring one of the main features of these old constructions and enhancing its importance on the structure of these typologies.

Boavista House
Boavista House
Boavista House

The height of the skylight defines an unusual residential scale allowing visual relations between the three floors.


Boavista House
Boavista House
Boavista House
Boavista House
Boavista House
Boavista House