The building was designed by constructed on a tiny plot close to the village church, between two worlds, the project emphasise the urban and rural contexts, on one side road and residential context and on the other the agricultural countryside.
Description of the project by Architects
Integrated in a hybrid residential context which crosses urban and rural references, the mortuary house emerges as a filter between them and a universe of contemplation of the distant mountains.
Bounded by a municipal road, a farmland and the Church of Vila Caiz, the constructed volume results from the confluence between the axes of delimiters ground, framing the landscape and solar orientation.
The materiality of the building integrates and filters the context in which it operates through grilles cover crops in concrete (filter of light and views) granite floors, walls and paneling in conjunction with the whiteness of the walls.
The interior space results mainly from three major interconnection between spaces defined by an atrium and two rooms that can be joined or fragmented depending on the circumstances.
The view of the distant mountains combined with the water from a tank that strategically reflects in the slope of the roof and walls of the mortuary are factors that catalyze an environment of neutrality, silence and introspection.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architects.- Graça Vaz & Raul Cardoso
Project Area.- 110.5 m²
Location.- Vila Caiz, Amarante, Portugal
Year of conclusion.- 2013
