CASA GD_ESQUISSOS ARQUITECTURA E CONSULTORIA

Casa GD
Esquissos Arquitectura e Consultoria
Sintra, Portugal




Project Name: GD House

Office: ESQUISSOS – Arquitectura e Consultoria
Lead Architect: Marco Ligeiro
Website: www.esquissos.net
Email: geral@esquissos.net
Office Location: Sintra, Portugal
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Lead Architect: Marco Ligeiro
Project Team: André Caetano, Gabriela Garcia, Luís Pereira
Customers: --
Engineering: André Pardal, João Jorge
Landscaping: -
Consultants: -
Contributors: --
Builders: Construções Gouveia & Lourenço

Construction site: Cascais, Portugal
Year of completion: 2019
Total built area (m2): 131,00 m2
Client: Private
Program: Rehabilitation of Single Family Home

Photography
Photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio
Photographer's email: autor@ivotavares.net
Photographer's website: www.ivotavares.net
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Manufacturers: Fenesteves, Motherstudio, Carpintaria Casanova, Bruma, Sanindusa

List of manufacturers and references:
1. Fenesteves - 14x135mm multilayer, 3mm wooden floor covered floors
noble oak tree with oil finish
2. Motherstudio - hydraulic mosaic of interior floors of sanitary facilities
3. Carpintaria Casanova - solid wood frames and interior joinery









One of the biggest challenges of this project was the small dimensions of the place and the already consolidated surroundings. There so, the relations between scale and proportion were since the
beginning a main concern. Using a clean language with contemporary details that result from a reinterpretation of language and traditional materials from the village of Cascais, the building is
integrated with the others on the street’s elevation. Therefore, it preserves the local identity and the original lines, respecting the memory of the place.


The building works in four different levels; three of them are connected by a stair that stands as a sculpture, being a part of the architectural path. This stair starts as a part of the furniture and, as it goes up, it starts to dematerialize, allowing a more permeable relationship between levels in order to have a better use of space and light. The areas are ample, especially on the 1st floor – at street level – where it works as an open-space, leading to the feeling of spacious and benefiting in terms of useful areas. The bedrooms and bathrooms are in the intermediate floors. The third level has a recessed balcony, which gives access to the last level, where we find a terrace, the result of the
subtraction of matter.

 Sección

 Planta 1

  Planta 2

 Planta 3

 Planta 4

Fotógrafía: Ivo Tavares Studio

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