GR House, Sever do Vouga Building, Modern Aveiro Home Design, Portuguese Architecture Photos
GR House in Sever do Vouga
Contemporary Aveiro Residential Project design by Paulo Martins Architect, Portugal
18 Aug 2022
Architect: Paulo Martins
Location: Sever do Vouga, Portugal
GR House
Inserted in a plot of land of irregular geometry and surrounded by constructions of little architectural value, this villa emerges as a consequence of its constraints.
Photos by Ivo Tavares Studio
GR House – New Portugal Residence
If, on the one hand there is a reluctance to visually relate the villa’s interior spaces to its immediate surroundings, on the other hand, there is an uncontrollable desire to turn the villa entirely to face eastwards, towards its view of thunderous beauty and discrete privacy.
A further constraint is the fact that its orientation is not ideal, in other words, the view is predominantly facing east, to the south is the far end of the land, and to the west lies a national road with a village coffee shop on the other side of the street…
Thus, arose the need for introversion and hermeticism, making the constructed volume emerge as an inert, mimicking nature and assuming its exception in the eastern wing, whose volumetric deformation declares and accentuates its willing openness and submission to the views beyond. Its forms are irregular, its colors earthen, the openings on its elevations are almost inexistent, appearing in the form of patios and skylights, visible only from higher up.
Walking along the successive ramps encountered since the entrance into this parcel of land, we are taken to a moment of transition between the interior and exterior, which is announced by its coating in roble wood, an exceptional superlative and invitation to enter through the oversized door that separates the hermetic and mysterious exterior from its pure and warm interior, with its spaces generously illuminated with zenithal light pointed towards the valley, where the mist denounces the crossing of a river.
A clear outside/indoor duality stresses the idea of the villa’s lack of interest in its relations with the immediate environment, without this hindering the existential dynamics of its interior.
Programmatically, the reception areas of the house face eastwards (valley) and the intimate zones westwards (road), with these spaces being separated by a large indoor patio around which it is possible to walk, creating enriched spatial and visual dynamics.
GR House, Sever do Vouga – Building Information
Location: Sever do Vouga, Portugal
Year: 2018
Area: 696.0 sqm
Architecture: Paulo Martins
Photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio
GR House in Sever do Vouga images / information received 160219
Location: Sever do Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, southwest Europe
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