The aim of the project was to enhance the architectural, historical and landscape heritage existing in this small mountain region in the Portuguese countryside, named Cova da Beira, in the town of Belmonte.
The TM House is a T4 typology house, located in the parish of Lamelas – a predominantly rustic area – located on the south side of Santo Tirso. The house seeks a deliberate connection between all its spaces, with respect to the functional relationship of interior and exterior areas and experiences.
The genesis of the proposal configures a simple volume characterized by a rectangular parallelepiped that was deformed in order to embrace the area of land oriented south and that composes the patio.
Located in one of the main arteries of the city of Lisbon, Avenida Almirante Reis, the Apartment is an integral part of a building built in the 40s of the 19th century.
The texture and cream color of the facade make the building integrated in the rural environment. Although there is concrete inside, the balance achieved by the M2senos atelier with wood makes it welcoming.
Architect Ricardo Azevedo designed a glass house reminiscent of a precious jewelry box, using transparency to relate the interior and exterior, allowing nature to become part of the daily experience.
RiscoWhite House appears to us as a striped white concrete block, torn silently, that extends along the lowest platform where the volumes gravitate in the serenity of the place, in a game of two heights that enjoys its immense landscape.
The Prazeres 37 house is developed over two levels to adapt to the topography and to define the relationship with the construction in the neighboring plot. One of the main concerns of the design was to develop a volume as an anonymous element
