Horizontal bands framing the horizon. TD House by ESQUISSOS

Portuguese architecture studio Esquissos studio was commissioned to design this home, Casa TD, in a plot on the outskirts of Sintra city, a city near the capital, Lisbon, Portugal.

Esquissos studio designed a house where the upper volumes covered in wood highlight the various important areas of the house, creating a horizontal layering vision frorm main access.

Horizontal bands. TD House by ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio

The program proposed by Esquissos studio resolved the house in a small slope, projecting two bands paralel to the longitudinal direction of the plot. On the one hand, a band with kitchen, facilities and livingroom, and other hand three bedrooms and a garage for two cars.

"The distinct materials organised in a ripped structure, define a contrast with the lower volume, increasing the scale and creating visual permeability to dimension and presenting areas that visually ensure the constant relationship with the horizon line."

Project description by Esquissos

The understanding of the area, the relationship of the land with the street and the scale of the street naturally determined the concept of the entire idea. The considerable gap between the ground space and the access route defined the way the house was positioned.

The whole idea develops under a lower area, as a white closed building which merges with the environment ensuring greater privacy and protection, as well as superior energy efficiency, including simple and clean, almost "monolithic" construction, as well as assuring wind protection and sunlight appreciation.

The white building was provided in a lower area thus challenged by two independent boxes buildings at a higher area that allow the organisation of the plan to the route’s scale level, which create a relation with the street level. The distinct materials organised in a ripped structure, define a contrast with the lower volume, increasing the scale and creating visual permeability to dimension and presenting areas that visually ensure the constant relationship with the horizon line.

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Ground floor plan. TD House by ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria.

Side elevation and section. TD House by ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria.

Sketch. TD House by ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria.

Diagram. TD House by ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria.

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Architects

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ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria. Lead Architect.- Marco Ligeiro.

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Design Team

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André Caetano and Gabriela Garcia.

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Area

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300 m².

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Dates

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Project year.- 2015.
Completion year.- 2020.

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Photography

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Ivo Tavares Studio.

Marco Ligeiro. ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria

ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria. Architecture firm founded in 2004 by Marco Ligeiro. The studio developed projects of different scales and programs, in the areas of architecture (housing, rehabilitation, industrial and commercial sectors) and design.

Published on: November 5, 2021

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