Miguel Bombarda Residential Building 2 / Paula Santos Arquitectura
The aim of the project was to rebuild and expand a residential building on one of the most emblematic streets in Porto, Rua Miguel Bombarda, where several art galleries are located.
The aim of the project was to rebuild and expand a residential building on one of the most emblematic streets in Porto, Rua Miguel Bombarda, where several art galleries are located.
The project approach to the remodeling accommodation units, is based on two remarkable pre-existing principles.
Inserted in a hotel unit, in Ponta Delgada, the KOi restaurant in open since 2004, already presented some need for revitalization, despite the predominant relation with the central courtyard of the hotel …
ESQVTA acquired and refurbished a luxury apartment that would permit access to national and international public to the 15 year old ESQVTA’s aesthetic and lifestyle that had until that point only been available to clients.
Suddenly we had created a dense, heavy, monolithic cover roof that needed to be subverted, giving an idea of levitating mass that is slightly lying on light wood and glass.
The Costa Brava Weekend House project involved the renovation of two existing buildings and the construction of a new complimentary space, to create two independent dwellings designed for use by a family as a second home.
The contrast between the raw concrete facades and the interior of the House CG creates an intimate tactile sensation, experienced through the patios, the skylights and the stairs.
In the hills of Monchique, between ups and downs, taking advantage of an extraordinary situation is this single-storey house. Set in a southern slope, with access by small and winding tar road, lies over one of several existing terraces that tear the steep slope into small cultivable levels.