Casa de Hóspedes 民宿丨葡萄牙丨Arriba

Architects:Arriba

Area:699ft²

Year:2021

Photographs:Hugo Santos Silva

Manufacturers:BRUMA,Blum,JNF,Velux,Weber

Lead Architects:Filipe Silva Ferreira e José Andrade Rocha

Project Team:Ana Galrão, Filipe Ferreira, José Rocha, Miguel Negrão, Raffaella Pudda

City:Coimbra

Country:Portugal

Text description provided by the architects. The estate is located in the west of Coimbra, on a hillside of dense vegetation with large trees. The main house, built in the 90's, faces south, in a set of fragmented volumes with sloped roofs.

Next to the pool, an annex was later built for the technical area, outdoor kitchen and kennel, a programthat covered an extensive area of soil. The clients wanted to re-think this area and  incorporate a small guesthouse.

The proposal sought to re-naturalize the soil, favoring the blend of the guest house with vegetation that, in the future, will provide greater privacy to both houses. The different micro-volumes that compose the guest house are merged in a continuous interior space, promoting different connections with the surroundings. The simplicity of the design is also reflected in the chosen materials - pine wood, concrete and lime.

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