House renovation in cova do frade
The existing house, having recently passed through the owner, was also the subject of an intervention to remodel its interior space, not affecting its external image or its volume, but seeking to create conditions of suitability for the use that the new owners intend to give it. .
Although its architectural language denotes a lack of qualification and results more from a process of stereotyping models resulting from isolated and less informed choices, the truth is that its implementation, the built area and its program allowed us to foresee some potential that could be better explored in a more restrictive intervention, with the aim of qualifying the interior spaces, of providing them with a quality that can serve new users.
The step-by-step solution for introducing more lightness into the design of all the elements that represent the interior spaces, with a partial change in their compartmentalization, a new design for the sub-ceilings and the introduction of new interior carpentry, along with the change of some floor and wall covering materials, creating a more neutral atmosphere, less imposing and capable of accommodating a more flexible occupation.
The existing house, having recently changed ownership, was also the subject of an intervention to remodel its interior space, not affecting its external image or its volume, but seeking to create conditions of suitability for the use that the new owners wanted to give it.
Although its architectural language denotes a lack of qualification and results more from a process of stereotyping models resulting from isolated and less informed choices, the truth is that its implementation, the built area and its program allowed us to foresee some potential that could be better explored in a more restrictive intervention, with the aim of qualifying interior spaces, providing them with a quality that can serve new users.
The proposed intervention for the house located in Cova do Frade, in Ovar, has the following objectives:
- reduce some over compartmentalization
- increase fluidity between different spaces
- merge the kitchen with the living room, creating a large common area
- add visual expression to the existing staircase, making it a lighter and less imposing element in the surrounding space
- guarantee 1 bedroom and 1 work space on the lower floor
- secure 2 bedrooms on the top floor
- create greater visual unity through the reduction of materials and chromatic standardization
- make the design more consistent, the spaces better supplied and the relationship between different elements more balanced and interconnected
- introduce a more identity image, disconnected from separate references or the result of impulse, ensuring greater coherence and neutrality on a “base” that is intended to be neutral enough to more easily accommodate less permanent occupation, more flexible and permeable to the shadow of everyday life, of objects, routines, improvisation and challenges to which the house is subject. The step-by-step solution for introducing more lightness into the design of all the elements that represent the interior spaces, with a partial change in their compartmentalization, a new design for the sub-ceilings and the introduction of new interior carpentry, along with the change of some floor and wall covering materials, creating a more neutral atmosphere, less imposing and capable of accommodating a more flexible occupation.
