Personal Project - Built
pedro dias . architect
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Friday, 8 November 2024
Apartment Refurbishment in Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal . 2024
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Apartment Refurbishment in Laranjeiro, Almada, Portugal . 2023
Personal Project - Ongoing
Disproportions & Rebalances
CONCEPT . The concept behind this “Low Cost” apartment refurbishment, located across the river in the south suburbs of Lisbon, was basically to demolished all the partition walls located between the existing entrance hall, kitchen and living room, I’m order to create an open space subdivided in 4 clear defined spaces: an open kitchen, a low ceiling dining area, a low ceiling breakfast area and a higher ceiling living room area,as well as to reconfigure / rebalance the disproportion between the existing spaces.
In order to reduce substantially the area of the existing entrance hall, way too big, a new recessed translucent “cobogó” wall (open brick wall) was placed in the middle of it, allowing roughly 50% of its original area to be reduced / given to the living / dining area and natural light to flood in. In the opposite side of the apartment 2 other major changes were introduced: the transformation of a small shared toilet into an en-suite bathroom and the virtual “displacement” of an existing partition wall located between 2 of the bedrooms, one too narrow and the other one generously wide, in order to, once again, rebalance the disproportion between existing spaces.
MATERIALITY . The color and material pallet followed a minimalistic approach. Basically, the majority of all the surfaces are white with different textures (plaster on walls and ceilings, white painted “cóbogo” wall, handmade kitchen backsplash tiles and powdercoated lower kitchen cabinets) in contrast with a more warm light oak wooden floor and the living room inbuilt furniture and upper kitchen cabinets made of birch plywood panels. The result: an unpretentious, warm, simple and elegant apartment.
BEFORE & AFTER
Existing Floorplan
Saturday, 8 April 2023
Apartment Refurbishment in Av. EUA, Lisbon, Portugal . 2023
Monday, 27 September 2021
Low Cost Apartment Refurbishment in Almada, Portugal . 2021
Personal Project (partnership with André Marques) - Built
Keep Ego and Budget Under Control...
CONCEPT . With an extremely tight budget, and us as our clients (though job this one), the main challenge of this project was to keep our own architectural ego under control, not overspend and not do "tabula rasa" of an apartment with some interesting original architectural features... Our approach was pragmatic, minimalistic and simple: to preserve and enhance as much as possible the apartaments original architectural features from the 50´s, mix them with "modernity" and add real value to it. Some of those included the wooden floor, doors, skirting boards and the kitchen chimney.
Existing Floorplan
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Thursday, 11 February 2021
Apartment Refurbishment in Lisbon, Portugal . 2021
Personal Project - Ongoing
Location / Area: Campo de Ourique, 187 m2
Antes e Depois
01 Varanda 02 Sala de Estar 03 Cozinha 04 Sala de Jantar 05 Corredor 06 Lavandaria / Arrumos 07 Casa de Banho 1 08 Casa de Banho 2 09 Quarto 1 10 Quarto 2 11 Antecâmera / Escritório 12 Closet 13 Suite de Casal