Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa
27/02/2015.
[Penafiel] Portugal
metalocus, ALEX DURO
metalocus, ALEX DURO
Nuno Melo Sousa takes advantage of the inner courtyard to design a small construction which will house a living space linked to the adjacent dwelling, whose activity do not have to be interrupted for the construction of the project.
Night vision. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Access. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Inner vision. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Access. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Sala em pala por Nuno Melo Sousa. Fotografía © José Campos.
The skylight provides light to the inner space. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Furniture detail. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
As the cat and the dog. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Rooftop of the project. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Slate shingles cover the skylight. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Skylight. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
Plans. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Courtesy of José Campos.
Section. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Courtesy of José Campos.
Project drawing. Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Courtesy of José Campos.
Sala em pala by Nuno Melo Sousa. Photography © José Campos.
The proposal by Nuno Melo Sousa also plays with geometry in order to adapt the project to the always difficult situation of working with an inner courtyard. The geometric game turns into a volumetric game with which configure the modules that are linked among themselves in order to house the all proposed program.
To be highlighted the skylight which is raised over the roof, built with traditional slate shingles, and that beyond providing natural light into the inner spaces, it gives shape to the cover and creates a easy way to recognise the project among the pre-existing buildings.
Description of the project by Nuno Melo Sousa
A house as a sum of attachments, without a living area.
Among the volumetric shapes and add-ons, a patio.
A horizontal platform and two black volumes.
In order not to disrupt the house´s daily life, the main structure was built without destroying the existent windowed yellow wall. Thus, the project comes up with the idea of placing a slab in exposed concrete that supports the existing coverage and stands in tension with the movement of the upper bound gallery. A large skylight emerges in traditional slate shingles, evoking the same material use as the existent vernacular kitchen on the plot´s opposite side and providing light and ventilation to the new living room.The existing pavement was kept as wellas the existent roof.
After the implementation of the concrete slab and supportingelements, the wall that once bordered the narrow living space, was finally demolished, connecting the new space and the corridor.
Text.- Nuno Melo Sousa.
CREDITS.-
Architect.- Nuno Melo Sousa.
Structure.- Bruno Caetano.
Construction.- Vieira Esposa e Filhos, Lda.
Location.- Penafiel, Portugal.
Dates.- April - August 2014.
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Nuno Melo Sousa
Nuno Melo Sousa. Architect by the Architecture School of the Porto University in 2011 he has worked in several architecture studios as atelier [A] or with Nuno Brandão Costa where he has developed different works in several typologies and scales as well as the development of architecture competitions.
His architecture studio, which is based in Penafiel, a small town 40 km from Porto, believes in method, provocation and the production of architecture through a collaborative and intuitive process. He shows his work in close relationship with the peculiar construction context in which it is inserted, articulated in simple construction processes determined with and for clients, with the help of local artisans. He also aims to do more with fewer means, seeing sustainability as a way to reuse the existing as a generator.
