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- Architects: Aires Mateus
- Location: 2925-069 Azeitão, Portugal
- Authors: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus
- Project Leader: Mafalda Neto Rebelo
- Area: 408 sqm
- Project Year: 2003
- Photographs: Daniel Malhão
- Collaborators: Maria Rebelo Pinto, Ana Rita Rosa
- Engineer: Alexandre Portugal
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An ancient winery is rehabilitated. Its main attributes are a wide space and thick walls. Though introducing a new program, the universal character of the space remains. Together with the existing wall, a new thick wall houses all of the social functions on the main level.
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Stairs within the thick wall and day lit from above make the light transition from social to private space. The more private areas – bedrooms, bathrooms and a studio– are conceived as habitable volumes in an “impossible” balance, structuring the space. The volumes, articulated by light, modulate the main space of the lower living room, emphasizing its breadth.
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