Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão
28/09/2016.
[Porto] Portugal
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We're used to the rehabilitation of buildings that Portuguese architects do with special delicacy, but not for that reason should we ignore Casa do Rosário, as it wouldn't leave us indifferent. Its light invades the whole space of this elongated house in which every corner finds a perfect use. Go in and check it out!
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the interior facade. Photograph © José Campos
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the interior facade. Photograph © José Campos
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the interior facade. Photograph © José Campos
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view form the corridor to the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the stairs. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the corridor. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view from the bedroom to the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the kitchen. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living space. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of one of the betrooms. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living space. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of one of the betrooms. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the terrace. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Detail view of the secondary facade. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view detail. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of one of the betrooms. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Detail view of the window to the garden. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of th e living room. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the bathroom. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of one of the betrooms. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of one of the betrooms. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. Interior view of the top light. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the interior facade. Photograph © José Campos.
Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão. View of the main facade. Photograph © José Campos.
Planta primera. Casa do Rosário por depA.
Second floor Plan. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Third floor Plan. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Main floor Plan. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Main Facade. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Secondary Facade. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Section. Rosario House by depA + Margarida Leitão.
Trough design and a careful selection of furniture, color and material, depA architects seduce us with this caprice house in which every corner has been taken into account.
Description of the project by depA
Rosario House had almost everything.
A comfortable scale, an appealing compositional structure and a captivating atmosphere. The big challenge was to keep its domestic spirit, refraining from a big design or a deep intervention.
Located on Porto's Arts District, one of the most central and dynamic locations in the city, the building, once inhabited by a single family was divided over time and came to accommoda the multiple families on the three floors of the 307, Rosario Street. Like many other buildings in Porto, this one became an assemblage of homes.
Today the house mirrors the diversity foundin Porto's contemporary cosmopolitanism, gathering under its roof a family that has been in the building for 63 years, and two architects who have fallen in love for the city.
The house was divided in five studios set on a 19th century building, designed so that both families or groups of friends can be accommodated comfortably in a creative and familiar environment.
More information
Architects
depA and Margarida Leitão
Project Team
Margarida Leitão and Luís Sobral
Consultants
Edgar Brito and Alexandra Vicente
Project year
2014 - 2016
Carlos Azevedo, Carlos M. Guimarães, Luís Sobral, João Crisóstomo. depA
The depA collective was created in Porto in 2009. It is now run by Carlos Azevedo, João Crisóstomo and Luís Sobral and its staff covers the areas of architecture and the social sciences.
depA is focused on researching architectural practice through active listening on the idiosyncrasies of each project. There is a specific commitment to the dimension of time in the interventions: ranging from the interpretation of existing structures and architectural heritage to the open and progressive reintegration of spatial systems.
Some examples are the Casa da Cultura de Pinhel (Pinhel House of Culture), winner of the prize for best museum practice and an honourable mention by the Portuguese Association of Museology (2016), Casa do Rosário (Rosário House), winner of the Concreta Under 40 award (2017), honourable mention in the Nuno Teotónio Pereira prize in 2019 and honourable mention in the João de Almada Prize in 2019 and the Pavilhão do Lago (Lake Pavilion), winner of the FAD awards, in 2018.
Alongside this depA seeks to keep its practices and investigations relevant by taking part in competitions, which are special moments for wide-ranging and compelling research. Among them is the first prize achieved for the design of the Santiago Ydañez Museum of Contemporary Art (2010), in Jaén, Spain; the second place in the public tender for the renewal of Quinta de Baixo (2014), in Porto, and the first place for the design of the Mechanized Pedestrian Paths(2017), in collaboration with Pablo Pita architects, which will connect the riverside area of Porto to the upper town.
The collective has also designed more artistically focused projects that challenge the approach to architectural techniques, as well as being catalysts to a more pluralistic and cross-disciplinary conceptualisation. It was invited to design the set of the Fórum do Futuro (Forum of the Future) in 2018 and, that same year, Pavilhão do Lago (Lake Pavilion), built at Serralves Park as part of the 32nd São Paulo Bienalle - ‘Incerteza Viva’ (Living Uncertainty), was selected to be exhibited at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, as part of the 2018 Biennale di Venezia, while Sulco (2019) is part of the Desencaminharte project, which recognises and values artistic production in the Alto Minho region of Portugal. Alongside these projects, depA has also worked with Daniel Steegman, Lais Myrrha and Dayana Lucas, in close collaboration for the production of their projects.
In 2019, depA was awarded the tender for the curatorship of the Portuguese representation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, in 2020, with the In Conflict project.
Margarida LAIDÃO
Margarida Laidão graduated with a Master in Architecture in september 2010 at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Between 2013 and 2014 she did an Advanced Studies Course in Architectural Heritage at the Architecture Faculty, University of Porto, Portugal. In 2012 she became a Granted researcher for the Portuguese Architects Association and the Portuguese Youth Foundation.
From 2010 to 2012 she woked as an Architect at Joaquim Portela Arquitecto Lda while doing Collaborations with Eduardo Souto Moura, and as Architect at Clínica de Arquitectura between 2012 and 2013. Right now and from 2014 she works as a Freelancer architect and doing collaborations with Manuel Maria Reis Arquitectos Associados Lda, Clínica de Arquitectura and
depA |Departamento Arquitectura|.
From 2010 to 2012 she woked as an Architect at Joaquim Portela Arquitecto Lda while doing Collaborations with Eduardo Souto Moura, and as Architect at Clínica de Arquitectura between 2012 and 2013. Right now and from 2014 she works as a Freelancer architect and doing collaborations with Manuel Maria Reis Arquitectos Associados Lda, Clínica de Arquitectura and
depA |Departamento Arquitectura|.
