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The small house dated 1936 was built by my grandparents, in the place of Santagões, in a very rural area of Vila do Conde, where I am from. The architecture studio operated for ten years in the original house, practically as my grandmother had left it after her departure. The recent intervention made it possible to enlarge the spaces and improve the existing building, trying to leave all possible features intact, without reproducing or imitating the old, to avoid fake old things.
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The existing house faces a street, with other similar houses in the surrounding area.
By renovating these types of houses, we maintain the identity of the sites, and preserve the collective memory.
The place is still rural with cultivated fields, and preserves the typical granite walls of the region, on the boundaries of the land.
My architecture studio was built on my grandparents' old home. By using the house, we seek to safeguard the family's collective heritage, preserving the house for future generations.
The studio is located in a rural area, away from the downtown areas, and takes over a small old house, leaving behind the idea of a big office building. The studio seeks the notion of home, a bit as if the team lives together in the same space, reinforcing the feeling of belonging.
The very rocky site only made it possible to extend the upper floor towards the back, which is leveled with the garden. On the lower floor, at the street level, the garage and the new technical area were placed. On the upper floor, an atrium was designed next to an existing oven that connects the old house to the new construction, and defines the entrance to the studio. The atrium allows access to the two bathrooms, the tall room used for meetings and the smaller room used as a break room, both of which open onto the garden, where the original well, the granite stone walls and trees were kept.
In the existing construction, the wooden structure of the roof was preserved and was left exposed to make it possible to increase the height of the spaces. In the old kitchen area, the oven, the open wood fire chimney, the granite stone walls and the exposed wooden partition remained. In the main room, with wooden floor, there are two large work tables and the smaller windows with shutters that allow you to control natural lighting. Only this space functions as the second floor, the other spaces
Raulino Silva is an architect and was born in Vila do Conde, where he works and lives.
His work, particularly on the housing theme, has been shown in several exhibitions, standouts include the "Shine Exhibition", at the Big Design Festival Ljubljana, the “Best International Houses”, at Platform Architecture and Design in Venice and the Europe 40 Under 40 Awards from The European Center for Architecture Art Design, in Athens.
He took part as a speaker at 2A ArchTalk by 2A Magazine, in Dubai, at The Plan Magazine's Perspective Europe Forum, in Italy, at Pecha Kucha Night in Porto, and was invited to present his projects at “Arquitectura Avanzada” in Mexico, at the Big Design Festival Ljubljana, in Slovenia, in the Architecture Seminar at the ESAP-Porto and at the Museu da Arte Nova, in Aveiro.
In recent years, it has been a juror at some international competitions and awards, including the Bee Breeders, Young Architects Competitions, Forma 2022 Award and Espaço Award 2024.
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