Light as a connection. IMLA House by Luppa Architects
01/03/2024.
[Porto] Portugal
metalocus, ANTONIO CORREDERA, MINERVA GARCÍA DE CASTRO
metalocus, ANTONIO CORREDERA, MINERVA GARCÍA DE CASTRO
Located in the Vilarinha neighborhood in Porto, the IMLA House is expanded and transformed by Luppa Arquitects. This neighborhood was built in the last phase of the Estado Novo project in 1958, which consisted of the creation of a more economical area made up mainly of small terraced houses.
The renovation project is based on the need to increase the useful surface area of the home, which is why an extension of it to the west is created. Furthermore, because it is located last on the street and has a larger garden, the access is changed to another street in order to free up the garden, giving it greater privacy and utility.
The renovation project is based on the need to increase the useful surface area of the home, which is why an extension of it to the west is created. Furthermore, because it is located last on the street and has a larger garden, the access is changed to another street in order to free up the garden, giving it greater privacy and utility.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
Ground floor plan. IMLA House by Luppa Architects.
First floor plan. IMLA House by Luppa Architects.
Elevation plan. IMLA House by Luppa Architects.
The project by Luppa Arquitectos is based on the premise of not devirtualizing the original volume of the house through the extension. It seeks to merge both volumes into one and prevent it from being seen as a new element and losing the essence of pre-existence.
The extension of the house is two floors to the west. This new volume is created by moving away from the wall towards the south to give rise to an interior patio that favors the entry of light from the south and west and that solves the previous lighting deficit on the ground floor.
IMLA House by Luppa Architects. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.The extension of the house is two floors to the west. This new volume is created by moving away from the wall towards the south to give rise to an interior patio that favors the entry of light from the south and west and that solves the previous lighting deficit on the ground floor.
Project description by Luppa Architects
The IMLA House is located in Porto in Bairro da Vilarinha, a neighborhood built during the last stage of economic housing neighborhoods developed by the regime of Estado Novo in 1958. The neighborhood is mainly composed of small dimensions semi-attached houses and since the IMLA house is the last house on the street, right in the corner between two streets, it has a bigger garden.
The first step of this project was changing the entrance of the house to another street, to ensure that the entrance was no longer made through the garden. The garden is now located in a more isolated area and it has therefore increased usage and more privacy.
To address the need for a higher gross area, we created an extension of the house in a two-story volume on the west façade of the house. This volume distances from the south limit of the house creating an indoor patio that promotes the entrance of south and west sunlight.
As to formal aspects of this project, it had as a premise that the new volume would not change the original features of the old house and was assumed as a new volume.
The idea was that you could still read the perimeter of the old building, by detaching the new volume in the transition between both of them and through the new windows.
Each interior space can now have direct exterior sunlight.
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Architects
Luppa Arquitects. Lead architect.- Francisco Mesquita Moura.
Project team
André Machado, Gonçalo Campinho, Pedro Tavares.
Builder
TOPDOMUS.
Area
190 sqm.
Dates
2023.
Location
Porto, Portugal.
Photography
Luppa Architects
Luppa is an office of Architecture and 3D images production, located in Porto, Portugal.
Created by architects Gonçalo Campinho, André Machado and Francisco Mesquita Moura, its purpose is to develop architectural projects and new ways to represent them through photo-realistic digital compositions.
With a critical thinking about the city that surrounds them, they seek to introduce the use of contemporary digital tools in the architectural process, developing a better connection between architects, clients and the final product.
Created by architects Gonçalo Campinho, André Machado and Francisco Mesquita Moura, its purpose is to develop architectural projects and new ways to represent them through photo-realistic digital compositions.
With a critical thinking about the city that surrounds them, they seek to introduce the use of contemporary digital tools in the architectural process, developing a better connection between architects, clients and the final product.
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