A house to experience different feelings. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins
09/06/2020.
[Aveiro] Portugal
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The Portuguese architecture firm Paulo Martins Arquitectura has carried out the reform of a house in the Beira Mar neighborhood. They aim to connect users with the outside environment but with the necessary privacy. For this they have a visually protected backyard with several plants.
The Beira Mar neighborhood is a historic fishing district with narrow streets and famous canals. The plots are long and have a narrow façade, where the typical white fishermen's houses are located. Beira Mar is situated in the city of Aveiro on the west coast of Portugal.
The Beira Mar neighborhood is a historic fishing district with narrow streets and famous canals. The plots are long and have a narrow façade, where the typical white fishermen's houses are located. Beira Mar is situated in the city of Aveiro on the west coast of Portugal.
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio
Ground floor plan. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
First floor plan. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
Longitudinal section. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
Entrance elevation. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
Rear elevation. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
Concept diagram. Beira Mar House by Paulo Martins Arquitectura.
Paulo Martins Arquitectura managed to establish a close connection between social functions, which were proposed to take place on the ground floor along a habitable corridor, with direct access to the backyard, to meet the exterior space. Thus, leaving the upper floor for the most private areas.
On the way to the backyard they play with light and darkness to create different ambiances until they reach the natural light of the patio creating a feeling of final relief. They use color to emphasize these atmospheres. Dark colors are used indoors to create a more intimate setting, and white is used outdoors to create a conceptual contrast.
On the way to the backyard they play with light and darkness to create different ambiances until they reach the natural light of the patio creating a feeling of final relief. They use color to emphasize these atmospheres. Dark colors are used indoors to create a more intimate setting, and white is used outdoors to create a conceptual contrast.
Project description by Paulo Martins Arquitectura
Located in one of the most typical and established neighbourhoods of Aveiro (Beira Mar), this residence is the result of a passionate and challenging reform, a reform which intends to return to the city and to its users a lifestyle which is free and in contact with outdoor spaces, with the sound of seagulls and the smell of the sea breeze, the colour of the sky and the green of the vegetation.
Built on a plot of land measuring 30 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, it formally establishes itself as a habitable corridor, which, from the moment of entry, is filled with moments of darkness, light, surprise, discovery, compression and, lastly, release… the backyard patio!
With sober and elemental materials, basic and essential functions are covered in concrete, such as the floor we tread and the space which houses the bathrooms and service area. The building has been covered and protected with plasterboard painted dark green, rigorously shielded for its new and invigorated life cycle.
Whilst on the one hand we want a dark and intimate environment inside, by conceptual and practical contrast, the exterior is white, a purposefully reflective surface which floods the house with light, sometimes diffuse and soft, sometimes direct and intense, as the reflection of the various moods of those who live there.
Relative to design, all social functions have been planned to take place on the ground floor, in direct contact with the house's backyard patio, while the upper floor is reserved for both bedrooms and a solarium, visually protected from unwanted eyes by a plant curtain.
This house was designed to be lived in and experienced in the privacy and freshness of the exterior, in tune with the past and with a deep respect for the future.
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Architects
Collaborators
Architect.- Bruno Alvarinhas. Engineer team.- R5 Engineers.
Builder
Isolterm.
Area
131 sqm.
Dates
Initiation.- 2017. Completion.- 2018.
Manufacturers
Sockets.- Efapel. Lightning.- Artemide and Luceplan. Plumbing fixtures.- Ceramica Catalano. Appliances.- Teka.
Photography
Paulo Martins
Paulo Martins Arquitectura & Design is a Portuguese architecture studio lead by Paulo Martins. They focus on the experimental and strategic design. They make sensory and emotional experiences part of the process and an objective to be achieved, proposing spaces and objects that are aesthetically and formally stimulating and pleasant, always taking into account the requirements of the environment.
They propose a sustainable and hedonistic architecture. They develop both architecture and urban planning projects as well as product and interior design.
Paulo Martins (Aveiro, 1979) is an architect from ARCA-EUAC, Coimbra, Portugal. From 2003 to 2008 he worked in Barcelona, Spain, as coordinating architect for the Ribas Arquitectes studio. He directed several outstanding projects such as the Laboratoris Esteve headquarters competition and the Institut Cefer competition.
In 2007 he obtained a postgraduate degree in eco-efficient architecture from Elisava_Escola Superior de Diseño and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. He currently runs his own studio in his hometown, Aveiro, Paulo Martins Arquitectura & Design.
They propose a sustainable and hedonistic architecture. They develop both architecture and urban planning projects as well as product and interior design.
Paulo Martins (Aveiro, 1979) is an architect from ARCA-EUAC, Coimbra, Portugal. From 2003 to 2008 he worked in Barcelona, Spain, as coordinating architect for the Ribas Arquitectes studio. He directed several outstanding projects such as the Laboratoris Esteve headquarters competition and the Institut Cefer competition.
In 2007 he obtained a postgraduate degree in eco-efficient architecture from Elisava_Escola Superior de Diseño and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. He currently runs his own studio in his hometown, Aveiro, Paulo Martins Arquitectura & Design.
