Places
Pedro Dionísio, Francisco Ascensão, Francisco Ascensão, Francisco Ascensão
Tours
Sat and Sun 10h, 10h30, 11h, 12h, 12h30, 13h, 13h30, Arch. Francisco Craveiro / Sat and Sun 11h30, Archs. João Paupério and Maria Rebelo (atelier local)
Themes
Maximum 30 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Photography allowed
Description
Transforming the space of a former car workshop into a home opens up new possibilities for domestic architecture, provided that the building is not understood as such. In other words, if we start from the premise that we do not strive in vain to force the images, precepts and forms of dwelling that we have inherited—now set in stone—into an uninhabitable space. Ultimately, if a home is not a house, as Reyner Banham wrote in 1965. To a certain extent, when considered as a fragment of a wider city, the house is nothing more than a shelter to protect its inhabitants from the elements, satisfy their most immediate physiological needs, or ensure the inconveniences of privacy. From this perspective, the existing space of this former garage possesses as much strangeness as it does suitability and, above all, a generosity that is increasingly absent from the minimal existence offered to us today by the property market.
atelier local
Location
Rua do Campo Lindo, 381
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP 204, 206, 304, 600, 803