Essence of the territory. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa
27/11/2023.
[Marco Canavezes] Portugal
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Portuguese architects Hugo Mendonça Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa are the authors of this house located on a plot with a steep slope overlooking the Tâmega River, north of the municipality of Marco Canavezes, a city belonging to the district of Porto, in the northern part of Portugal.
The house has been awarded at the BiGMat 2023 awards, with the BiGMat grand prize for small-scale residential architecture 2023, which has also been recognized with the BiGMat grand prize for international architecture for the fish market and planning of the southern area of the port of Roquetas de Mar by estudio Acta.
The house has been awarded at the BiGMat 2023 awards, with the BiGMat grand prize for small-scale residential architecture 2023, which has also been recognized with the BiGMat grand prize for international architecture for the fish market and planning of the southern area of the port of Roquetas de Mar by estudio Acta.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by Tiago Casa Nova.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Fotografía by Tiago Casa Nova.
Site floor plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Ground floor plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Basement floor plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Section plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Elevation plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Constructive detail plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Constructive detail plan. «Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa.
Casa no Tâmega designed by architects Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa is, in fact, a search to return to the very essence of the place, despite its anthropization.
"The plot was complex, immeasurable, without references, without alignments, and without directions. From an abandoned path that leaves the paved road towards the forest, we follow the topography that descends towards the river and jump between the rolling stones until we find a Furrow marked by the passage of rainwater. It was the perfect deployment, far enough out of the way and placed between two stable heights. A steep hill, where heavy rocks rest, that unfolds towards the river."
«Casa no Tâmega» by Hugo Ferreira + Nuno Melo Sousa. Photograph by José Campos.
As a contrast to the richness of the wooded area, the house presents a monolithic structure formed by a main horizontal volume of concrete with facades "grained" through a game of fine and horrible patterns thanks to the arrangement of the formwork made with pine wood planks. The facade canvas is completed with blue-tinted openings, of different sizes and widths, that mark the exterior cladding.
"A volume of concrete sculpted with fine and thick patterns hides the river, imposing its opaque horizontality."
This mixture of materiality creates a game of fine and horrible patterns, a game of different visions that highlight the raw topography of the Tâmega River, the hill, the quarry.
As we approach, an elongated entrance leads us into a long hallway that meticulously marks the exterior rocks and defines a simple program: a house with four bedrooms, living room, kitchen, pool and barbecue.
The main space of the house, the living room, is "oriented towards the greenery of the land, with a large window that frames the Tâmega River and then plunges into the pool"
A central staircase serves as support and connection to the staircase, and in turn divides the public and private spaces of the house.
The main space of the house, the living room, is "oriented towards the greenery of the land, with a large window that frames the Tâmega River and then plunges into the pool"
A central staircase serves as support and connection to the staircase, and in turn divides the public and private spaces of the house.
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Architects
Project team
Paula San Nicólas.
Collaborators
Engineer.- Eng. Bruno Caetano.
Builder
A.S. Vieira.
Dates
2014 - 2020.
Location
Favões, Marco Canavezes, Portugal.
Photography
José Campos, Tiago Casa Nova.
Ferreira Hugo Ferreira
Hugo Ferreira was born in 1986, Penafiel, Portugal. Master in Architecture by FAUP - Faculty of Architecture of Oporto University, FAUP, in 2011 From 2009 until 2012 Collaborates in Granja Architects office developing several projects scales: habitation, rehabilitation, public. In 2013, create Okdraw design 3D, a studio that works with digital and photo realistic architectural images. Since 2014 start collaboration with the designer and 3d artist Pedro Teixeira. Develops independent activity since 2012, and some others collaborations, specially with NMS.
Nuno Melo Sousa
Nuno Melo Sousa. Architect by the Architecture School of the Porto University in 2011 he has worked in several architecture studios as atelier [A] or with Nuno Brandão Costa where he has developed different works in several typologies and scales as well as the development of architecture competitions.
His architecture studio, which is based in Penafiel, a small town 40 km from Porto, believes in method, provocation and the production of architecture through a collaborative and intuitive process. He shows his work in close relationship with the peculiar construction context in which it is inserted, articulated in simple construction processes determined with and for clients, with the help of local artisans. He also aims to do more with fewer means, seeing sustainability as a way to reuse the existing as a generator.
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