A Saramaga Home / DC.AD

Textual content description supplied by the architects. A Saramaga is a venture that consists of the refurbishment of a residential constructing in Cartaxo, about 60km north of Lisbon. The venture was developed for a younger couple, related to the artwork world, who left the capital to seek out someplace secluded to stay and on the similar time implement a program of creative residencies. A Saramaga was the identify thoughtfully bestowed on the property as a approach of paying tribute to a former midwife within the city, whose picture was taken up by the local people as an emblem of delivery and the celebration of life.

The architectural options of the constructing have been fairly uncommon, with exaggerated and disconnected parts and references, which resulted in a moderately disjointed mixture of the entire. The principle problem of the venture was the search to seek out an aesthetic, formal, and practical coherence that will resignify the present architectural setting.

On the surface, all secondary parts, akin to low partitions and paved walkways have been eradicated, the openings have been redesigned and the outside flat surfaces have been painted in textured shades of beige and white for express identification of the completely different volumetric buildings. The prevailing water mirror was reworked right into a swimming pool and by manipulating the patio’s pavement ranges, new platforms have been created to permit various kinds of appropriations of the outside house.

Inside, the group of the areas has usually been maintained. The doorway is on the west aspect, at some extent that separates the social areas from the non-public areas. An open kitchen was positioned within the heart of the constructing, favorably positioned in relation to the non-public and social elements of the home, the outside, and the swimming pool. It’s a practical transition space, providing entry by way of to the lounge space. This foremost social space is generously proportioned and is the noble house of the home, notable for its excessive ceiling and the simple permeability with the outside. 

The wood beams on the ceiling present a extra welcoming scale to the house and help the skylights that carry within the pure gentle. Under the skylights, a concrete platform with completely different ranges incorporates a sitting space, a protracted espresso desk, and a plant pot to carry a contact of pure vegetation to the house – this characteristic additionally units up the longitudinal group of the room, in a single easy gesture. A big desk in pure pink travertine stone was additionally designed, reaffirming the proportion of the house.

Within the non-public wing of the home, the small patios to the south let gentle into the bedrooms and bogs. Every rest room is marked by way of a distinct colour, punctuated by the pure stone washbasins mixed in precisely the identical shade. The master bedroom is notable for combining a dwelling and dealing space, in shut proximity to the swimming pool, with a protracted white dressing room that features dissimulated entry to the separate rest room and bathe space.

Inside, using steady textured coatings, such because the beige and white of the partitions or the cement on the ground match the logic used for the outside surfaces. This helps to confer a uniformity on the entire, whereas providing a welcoming and immersive expertise of the assorted areas.