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In Coimbra, architect Filipe Pina enhances simplicity with pops of color and carpentry details, keeping alive the memory of the House in Bencanta.

Casa em Bencanta em Coimbra do atelier Filipe Pina Arquitectura e fotografia Ivo Tavares

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

ARCHITECTURE OFFICE
MAIN ARCHITECT
Filipe Pina
COLABORATION
André Teixeira, Diana Cruz
LOCATION
YEAR OF CONCLUSION
TOTAL AREA
170m2
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

When we visited it for the first time, the house was uninhibited and looked sad. The original building was lost, spreadingitself in multiple annexes over the land plot. Our objective was to keep alive the memory of the main house, with someminor intervention on its exterior. We kept the original volume as well as the design and geometry of its elements. Theonly changes focused on replacing the windowsto enhance the links between the interior and exterior of the house.We soon understood that we should maintain the house functional structure which aged significantly over time. Weintroduced some changes in the interior parts to make it fit to new standards of comfort expected by the new owners.Due to the simplicity of the original building, lacking elaborated features, we kept a simple concept when developingour project, only incorporating somecolor, some wood elements, new bathrooms and kitchen.We kept the woodenfloors and interiors, some ceilings and walls.This project and its execution was only possible thanks to a close participatory process between the architect and theclients.
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