Location: Alcanena, Santarém
Architect: Gonçalo Byrne
Model Scale: 1: 50
Year: 1984
On a small hill on the edge of urban Alcanena, the remains of a floor, a cultivated flag and a small grove of almond trees form a complex which is accessed by a spiral ramp that circles the hill.
The project involves the recovery of three young people, deploying the new house in their center, in order to structure their new relationships. The project aims to create an adequate living space, featuring in a clear and natural way the various facets of this house, whether indoors or outdoors. The articulation of the existing house with the shed allows the creation of two distinct exterior areas, from the north service patio to the south, another patio, organization of a swimming pool, tennis court and garden, which is located under the trees. From a covered porch in the old corral, the divisions are located on the ground floor with some autonomy, around the living room, double height, while the lowlands try to extend to the outside. The rooms on the first floor were built around a small gallery that surrounds the room. The distribution system of its circulations forms a mesh similar to the outline of urban organization, where the corridor works as a “street” and the room as a “square”.
