Pedrantil House Croca, Penafiel home, Portugal residence photos, Portuguese real estate images
Pedrantil House, Croca, Penafiel, Portugal
9 June 2025
Architect: Helder da Rocha
Location: Croca, Penafiel, northern Portugal
Photos: Ivo Tavares Studio
Pedrantil House in Croca, Penafiel, Portugal
When we first arrived at Rua de São João, all we saw was a hill next to the entrance of the plot, which blocked our view to the other side — to the west.
We climbed that hill via an existing, makeshift path. Two to three meters of elevation.
At that moment, we were met with wonderful, unobstructed views.
And since one of our greatest passions is the entryway — alongside shaping the terrain — the idea emerged to carve through the hill by the street and open it up on the other side, revealing the landscape.
In conversations with the engineers and the builder, we did some rough back-of-the-envelope calculations for the cost of the construction, and the idea was abandoned. It had to be much cheaper.
We changed the concept, and to avoid filling, excavation, retaining walls, earthworks, massive reinforced concrete structures — anything that meant unnecessary expense — we introduced a series of pure volumes, scattered over the hill, that adapted to the existing topography with little effort.
Volumes finished in cappotto, with bases and exterior door/window surrounds in exposed concrete, and we worked the height of these boxes in varying ways, adding dynamism especially to the interior.
The surprise of progressively revealing the western view remained — both in the way one approaches the house and in the landscaping that initially closes the scene, with the full view slowly unveiled until reaching the living room window, the landscape. The only one with generous dimensions, facing the open west.
At that moment, the fall of day is sweet.
Portuguese:
Quando chegamos à Rua de São João na primeira visita, só vimos um morro junto à entrada do terreno, que nos impedia de olharmos para o outro lado. A poente.
Subimos esse morro por um caminho existente, bem improvisado. Dois a três metros de elevação.
Nesse momento deparamo-nos com as maravilhosas vistas desimpedidas.
E sendo uma das nossas maiores paixões, a entrada, bem a par de desenhar o terreno, lançou-se a ideia de furar o morro junto à rua, e sair do outro lado, revelando a paisagem.
Em conversa com os engenheiros e com o construtor, fizemos umas contas de padeiro ao valor da construção, e a ideia caiu por terra. Tinha que ser bem mais barato.
Mudamos o conceito, e para evitar aterros, desaterros, contenções, movimentos de terra, estruturas em betão armado maciço, tudo o que fosse gasto desnecessário, lançamos uma série de volumes puros, espalhados no morro, que se adaptaram à topografia existente sem grande esforço.
Volumes com acabamento em cappotto, embasamento e padeiras de vãos exteriores, em betão aparente, e trabalhamos as alturas dessas caixas, de forma diferente, animando sobretudo o interior.
Resistiu a surpresa de revelar progressivamente a vista a poente, quer pela forma de chegar à casa, quer pelo paisagismo que fecha a cena num momento inicial, e a visita vai-se revelando até à janela da sala, até à paisagem. A única com dimensões generosas, sobre o poente desimpedido.
Nesse momento o cair do dia é doce.
Pedrantil House in Penafiel, Portugal – Building Information
Atelier de Arquitectura . Architecture Office: Helder da Rocha – https://www.helderdarocha.com/
Nome do Projeto . Project name: Pedrantil House
Atelier de Arquitectura . Architecture Office: Helder da Rocha Arquitectos
Arquiteto responsável . Main Architect: Helder da Rocha
Colaboração . Collaboration:
E-mail: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helderdarocha.arquitectos/
Localização . Location: Croca, Penafiel, Portugal.
Ano de conclusão da obra . Year of conclusion : 2025
Área total construída (m2) . Total area: 204,00m2
Construtora . Builder: Avelar e Pias
Fiscalização . inspection: Massa Cinza Engenheiros
Engenharia . Engineering: Massa Cinza Engenheiros
Paisagismo . Landscape: SL Paisagistas
Maquete: Zeca
Architectural photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio
Pedrantil House, Croca, Penafiel, Portugal images / information received 090625
Location: Croca, Penafiel, Portugal, southwestern Europe.
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