Casa da Lila by João Carriço
27/07/2016.
[Silves] Portugal
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A compact and functional design that beyond repetition, is able to surprise, getting away from the predictable. Portugal-base Studioarte tells us in their self-description 'We build. We create. We design. We rock' and, as one could expect, Casa da Lila by their collaborator João Carriço rocks too.
Casa da Lila por João Carriço, detalle terraza. Fotografía © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila por João Carriço, detail of the terrace. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, detail of the backyard. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, detail of the backyard. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, detail of the backyard. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, detail of the terrace. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, bathroom detail. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, bathroom detail. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view of the first floor. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view of the first floor. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view of the ground floor. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view of the ground floor. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, stairs detail. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, stairs in the backfill of the living room wall. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior view of the living room. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior detail after the intervention. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, detail of the stairs after the intervention. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, result of the intervention in the posterior facade. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, result of the intervention in the principal facade. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, sketch of the project. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, site plan. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, basement plan. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, floor plan. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, first floor plan. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, roof plan. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, main elevation with northeastern orientation. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, secondary elevation with southwestern orientation. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, transversal section. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, longitudinal section. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior detail of the previous state. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, interior detaisl of the previous state. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, exterior detail of the previous state. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, previous state of the posterior facade. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
Casa da Lila by João Carriço, previous state of the principal facade. Photograph © Luís Henrique Da Cruz. Image courtesy of Studioarte.
This charming cottage designed by Studio arte member, João Carriço, integrates the modern interior design of the proposal with the ancient aesthetic of this house of the 50's. Designed with the maximum respect to the pre-existence, it is indoors where the deployment of architectural resources is remarkable: virtual divisions indicated only through small gestures, stairs that disappear in the backfill of the (few) interior walls and large windows that seem to extend the space to the terraces, to the village. A fluid space you will fall in love with.
Description of the project by João Carriço
A complete re-do project with special official built heritage department approval of a single family house, built on the fifties, with modern lines, and located in the heart of the historical center of Silves, Algarve, Portugal.
Basically the existing situation was on a full ruin state, all materials collapsing indoor and outdoor. Due to the restricted permissions on this historical protected area of the city, the main concept was based on restoring the street northernfacade, keeping the height on the rebuild red tiled roof, apply new wooden framing and renewing the coloring, therefore the built identity and layout of the ‘house’s face’ was kept.
Balancing with three terraces on different levels (floors), facing the south river sight, a modern shaped mini tower is sticking out from the terraces. From stones and materials collapsing, a new pure white world was created.
The back garden south façade pretends to achieve the principle of contemporary architecture… big windows for natural lighting and ventilation, pure/plain stucco finishing and permanent visual relation of the interior to the exterior living.
Indoor there’s also an approach for purity… main white color finishing, concrete look and feel solid flooring, modern finishings on bathrooms/walk-in kitchen, mixing of traditional handmade tiles with different geometric patterns, wooden feeling on the ceiling and flooring of the attic’s bedroom.
The circulation scheme is very simple, based on open spaces, sided by a stairwell cut, connecting the three levels.
In general, this projects aims to create an harmonic aesthetical language on the combination of two worlds, the traditional (on the street front façade) with the contemporary (on the indoor and south back façade).
More information
Venue
Silves, Algarve, Portugal
Architect
João Carriço
Colaborator
Vítor Jesus
Concept design, developement and project management
Arnold Aarssen
Construction
Adelino Lopes Gomes, Lda.
Engineering
Paulo Terra
Surfaces
Plot surface.- 120 sqm
Site plan surface.- 90 sqm
Built surface.- 180 sqm
Joana Pinto, Joao Carriço and Arnold Aarssen STUDIO ARTE
Studio Arte. Based in Portugal and The Netherlands, Studio ARTE is a office consisting of two architects Joana Pinto and Joao Carriço with Arnold Aarssen, Creative Director and Project Management & Development.
