House No. 7 Avenidas Novas / Camarim ArquitectosSave this picture! Nelson GarridoHousesLisboa, PortugalArchitects: Camarim ArquitectosAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:510 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Nelson GarridoManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Cinca, CompacMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. This house belongs to the same family for 3 generations. At the western end of Avenidas Novas, it is a good testimony to a grid of dense urban blocks expanding over a rural territory punctuated by palaces like the Palcio Marqus de S da Bandeira next door. The house was built in the 1930s and profoundly transformed in the 1980s a time when built heritage was not exceedingly valued. Our client commissioned us to design the 3rd generation of the house: bigger and better articulated with the garden and the street.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The existing construction was well built, so we decided to keep it, raising its height to the cornice of the adjacent building. On closer examination of the main faade we recognized, with great surprise, the Art Deco features from the 1930s, so we speculated whether we could bring out the 3 eras of the house 1930, 1980 and 2020 simultaneously. We visited Florence during this process and found the solution in urban palaces extended, generation after generation, with a material and technical progression from robust base to slender loggia without mimicry or counterpoint. By superimposing the front elevations of the 1930s and 1980s we arrived at regulating lines that revive the uniqueness of each element within a coherent compositional structure. These lines contour the building, designing the gable, back faade, garden and studio. The continuity of horizontal lines allows the upper floors of the house to retreat, opening the garden to the Sun and the sky.Save this picture!Save this picture!The house is entered through a covered outdoor space, from where the garden can be seen. The interior staircase appears as another entity which develops, unfolds and gradually fills the space. We have explored the idea of multiple times in several projects, but never before has this exploration emerged so evidently as language.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeCamarim ArquitectosOfficePublished on January 01, 2025Cite: "House No. 7 Avenidas Novas / Camarim Arquitectos" [Casa No. 7 Avenidas Novas / Camarim Arquitectos] 01 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024948/house-no-7-avenidas-novas-camarim-arquitectos&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream