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Architects: Sofia Granjo Arquitetos
Location: Rua da Torrinha, 4050 Porto, Portugal
Design Team: Sofia Granjo, Tiago Clérigo
Area: 300.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: A Caixa Negra
Structure: NCREP – Consultoria e Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda
Mep: ASL & Associados Lda

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The intervention was aimed to keep the preexistent use of the building – single housing -, seeking to improve its dwelling, salubrity, comfort and security conditions. On a conceptual level, the project is based on the rehabilitation of the existent house, developed in order to balance the infrastructural needs of a modern home with the delicacy of a centenary construction.

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However, when confronted with new spatial and functional necessities, it takes a different approach, clearly distinguishing itself from the pre-existence, not only in its shape and also by its materiality.

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It's our understanding that, by exploring this relation, we are able to find meaning and a framework that allow the contemporary dwelling of historical buildings.

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