Oasis under a Building

Oasis under a Building

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Oasis under a Building
© Lera Samovich

ARCHITECTS
fala

LANDSCAPE
Pomo

CONTRACTOR
Civiflanco

PROJECT TEAM
Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Lera Samovich, Joana Sendas, João Carlos Lopes, Catarina Vilarinho, Andrea Occelli

PHOTOGRAPHS
Francisco Ascensão, Lera Samovich, Giulietta Margot

SITE AREA
1938 ft2

AREA
1292 ft²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Porto, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão

English description provided by the architects.

Divisive transparency turned inwards, loose objects at the periphery – a glass house reversed, like a sock with a hole.

Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão

The house consists of one space, or several.

Some ornaments hold it in suspension, the ceiling acts as a bright sky.

Oasis under a Building
© Giulietta Margot


Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão
Oasis under a Building
© Francisco Ascensão


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