E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos
18/06/2015.
[Azores] PORTUGAL
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metalocus, LEONOR MARTÍN.
SAMI Architects studio makes a living space out of a ruin. The project is literally inserted into the remains of a stone building, so that the existing walls sometimes become a second skin and in some parts, the structure of the new dwelling. The visual link of the natural stone from the inside and the views of the Atlantic Ocean make this construction particularly attractive.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Exterior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Interior view of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Photography ©Paulo Catrica.
Location floor plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos.
Ground floor plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos.
First floor plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos.
Longitudinal section of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Cross section of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Cross section of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Cross section of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Elevation plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Elevation plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Elevation plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Elevation plan of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
Constructive details of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos. Click above to see large image.
The Portuguese SAMI Architects have been one of the winners of the European Award for Intervention in the Architectural Heritage thanks to this project, in the category of intervention in the built heritage. The work presents an interesting material and formal dialogue with the existing building. The concrete enclosure, mutates by the exposure to the sea as already do the stone walls to which it is adapted. Inside, the natural wood coverings and furniture stand out, designed by the studio itself together with Loja Nord.
Description of the project by SAMI Arquitectos
A ruin was the starting point for the design of a holiday house in the island of Pico. The project came from the will to maintain a ruin and thinking of a house that would value it, a house that could be modelled to it and take advantage at the same time, offering the most diverse and complex possibilities of living than the former typology.
Since the building is approached at the level of the covering, because of the slope of the land, we designed all the covering of the project as if they were decks, allowing to be used as sitting places or for contemplation.
The house, modelled inside the walls of stone, was designed with generous openings, for light to come inside and to contemplation of the landscape. These openings are sometimes lined up, and sometimes not, with the former openings of the ruin, creating new frames and relations with the original limits of the house.
The project is a movement between a limit line, in stone, and the intervention volumes that are led by that same line, but sometimes flow independently or extend, whenever the necessity of space or of a view is needed.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architects.- Inês Vieira da Silva. Miguel Vieira [SAMI-arquitectos].
Collaborators.- Bruna Silva, João do Vale Martins, Andreia Luís, Inês Martins, Rita Maria Pinto (Team). Ricardo Ferro Antunes and Francisco Mendonça Santos (Structural Engineering). Paulo Jorge Almeida Oliveira (Water and sanitation). Hugo Mendonça (Electrical engineering).
Mobiliario.- SAMI with Loja Nord.
Construction Company.- José Artur Cruz Leal - Unipessoal, Lda.
Location.- São Miguel Arcanjo, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal.
Dates.- 2005-07 (Project). 2010-13 (Completion).
Area.-214,00m².
Awards.- Finalists of the FAD Award 2015, Barcelona, 2015. Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2015, Barcelona, 2015.
More information
. SAMI Arquitectos
SAMI-arquitectos was founded in 2005 by Inês Vieira da Silva and Miguel Vieira.
The office has been referred to, nationally and internationally, for work developed by teams of young architects. In this context it was included in the short list of 100 young architects of around the world recommended by Herzog & de Meuron in 2007 for a project in Inner-Mongolia, P.R. China.
Besides invitations to participate in several exhibitions and conferences, namely in Portugal, Switzerland, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and Spain, its work has been internationally presented in specialized publication, namely in P.R. China, North Korea, Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. It was selected for various prizes from which stands out the “European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2007”, Barcelona, with the building “Gruta das Torres Visitor Centre” located on the Pico Island, Azores - Portugal.
1st Prize Tektónica/OA’09 National Award, Lisbon, with “Gruta das Torres Visitor Centre”, Pico Island, Azores - Portugal. Inês Vieira da Silva and Miguel Vieira wan the first edition of this portuguese national Award for young architects under 35 years old. Selected to the “European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2011”, Barcelona, with the building “CZ House” located on the Pico Island, Azores - Portugal. In 2011 they were finalists of the FAD Awards in Temporary Interventions category with the exhibition CreativeLab Signed by Tenente, MUDE-Design Museum, Lisbon, Portugal. Selected in Architecture category with the Interpretation Centre of World Heritage Landscape, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal.
