Three concrete façades follow the same constructive principle, four walls are demolished, leaving the trace of their presence, while the main façade remains exactly the same. The project, located in Faro, Portugal, is a creative architectural and artistic synthesis by Corpo Atelier.
Three concrete façades of three houses are set around a courtyard.
Each façade displays a different arrangement of the same constructive principle: a wall of exposed concrete rises from the ground, then, at a certain moment, a metal grid emerges from the concrete to contain a variety of local stones stacked on top of each other, until finally, the grid contains nothing but air.
Inside, in the main house, no major changes occurred, with the exception of the removal of four walls.
For each demolished wall, a line of pine wood was set on the concrete floor and four replicas of the original doorframes were placed in their exact position, emphasizing the physical absence of the walls that were once there.
As for the main façade, facing Alportel street, due to its exceptional aesthetic and compositional qualities, it remained exactly the same as it was when designed in 1934.
Facts & Credits
Title Three concrete façades
Typology Architecture, Refurbishment, House
Location Faro, Portugal
Status Completed, 2023
Architecture Corpo Atelier
Team Filipe Paixão, Laura Correia, Laura Bação, Diogo Silva, Pietro Pucci
Photography Frederico Martinho
Text by the authors
Take a look at another project by Corpo Atelier ‘Between Two White Walls’, here!
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