VILA DAS AVES

Located on the outskirts of SANTO TIRSO, near of Ave River, this small house is surrounded by fields and dispersed houses. The client’s desire was to renew but preserve the aspect of this house and expand it to create another house for the son and his family.

The groundfloor, becomes a small apartment for the owner and the top floor with the extension, wich ocupies the backyard, becomes a home for the son.

The aim was to find a relationship with the preexisting house and the new volume. Relationship between the old and the new; between small built by irregular shape and functionality. The experience from this work, enable a better sense of: how to deal with other professionals of the field; how to talk with the clients and how astute you must be and how to deal with burocratic issues.

Concept

THIS CITY HAS BEEN EXPANDING UP AROUND THE HISTORIC CENTER SINCE THE XII CENTURY. OVER THE YEARS, THE HEART OF THE CITY HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN BY THE RESIDENT PEPULATION, BY NOT BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH. THE IDEA OF THIS PROJECT IS TO USE CINEMA AS A FUNCTION, WHICH COMES FROM THE SENSE OF MEMORY; THE REPRESENTATION OF HUMANITY BY THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE PICTURE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE WORLD. HENCE, THE FUNCTION OF THE PROJECT, IN A WAY USE THE MEMORY OF THE CITY; THE MEMORY OF THE VIANENSE CULTURE THAT STILL EXISTS BY TRYING SIMULTANEOUSLY, REVITALIZE THE AREA.