House Janelas Verdes by Pedro Domingos Arquitectos

Architects: Pedro Domingos Arquitectos
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Collaborators: João Graça, Margarida Faria
Project year: 2008
Constructed area: 280 sqm
Budget: US $130,290
Client: Ara, Alves Rodrigues, Associado Lda.
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

The project consist in the reconstruction of building of XIX century, inserted in the Lapa/Prazeres district. The pre-existing build was in an advanced degree of degradation, the facades and the sidewalls was the usable structure. The strategy was to replace the old “organ” - the interior structure of wood and plaster, by a new one, also of wood and plaster, trying to get the compatibility of the whole “body.”

The inside space of organize in which floor by a functional structure in the center of the house that includes stairways, bathrooms and closets, leaving one free space to which side of the house, that can by bedrooms or living rooms, with variable dimensions.