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"The proposal was made for a plot of land with 1697 m², where 112 m² were covered area that corresponded to a demolished two-floor house and attic that had a total floor area of around 300 m². Out of the 1697 m² of land on..."
b a u n e t z_ w i s s e n_
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
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"In einer Gegend, die vom Weinbau geprägt ist, und einer Landschaft, in der Schieferböden keine Seltenheit sind, erscheint ein terrassiertes Wohnhaus mit Schiefermauern nicht ungewöhnlich. Das RPFV House in der nordportugie..."
a r c h d a i l y B r a z i l
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"Com mais de quatro mil projetos publicados em 2018, nossos editores fecham este ano estimulante para a arquitetura com uma seleção dos melhores projetos de uma tipologia cara a todos nós: casas. De paisagens remota..."
a e c c a f é
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2019 - 01 - 10
"The proposal was made for a plot of land with 1697 m², where 112 m² were covered area that corresponded to a demolished two-floor house and attic that had a total floor area of around 300 m². Out of the 1697 m² of land on..."
b a u n e t z_ w i s s e n_
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2019 - 01 - 08
"In einer Gegend, die vom Weinbau geprägt ist, und einer Landschaft, in der Schieferböden keine Seltenheit sind, erscheint ein terrassiertes Wohnhaus mit Schiefermauern nicht ungewöhnlich. Das RPFV House in der nordportugie..."
a r c h d a i l y B r a z i l
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2018 - 12 - 29
"Com mais de quatro mil projetos publicados em 2018, nossos editores fecham este ano estimulante para a arquitetura com uma seleção dos melhores projetos de uma tipologia cara a todos nós: casas. De paisagens remota..."
a e c c a f é
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2019 - 01 - 10
"The proposal was made for a plot of land with 1697 m², where 112 m² were covered area that corresponded to a demolished two-floor house and attic that had a total floor area of around 300 m². Out of the 1697 m² of land on..."
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RENOVATION
Foz do Douro, Porto, Portugal
2019
author NOARQ - José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira original project Eduardo Souto de Moura program renovation of a Souto de Moura apartment from 1992 collaborators arch. Gaia Ferraris contractors Arbecor – Alexandre Maia, Martinho Ramos; Ordep Mobiliario – Pedro Andrade; TopMarmi – Romeu Areal, Pedro Teixeira. photography Arménio Teixeira intervention área 290 m² + 85 m² awards ArchDaily - Best Project of 2021
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A couple bought a well known penthouse with ocean view. The notorious housing building is almost 30 years old. It emerged while I was attending college; ravishing at the time, it remains a majesty.
They asked me to renew it by introducing minor changes – "an upgrade basically!"
I shivered! What a fear! Was it an invitation to desecration?
How do you do the renovation of a masterpiece?
How do you do the renovation of a masterpiece of an author at the peak of his activity?
Will there be place for reinterpretation in a masterpiece?
Even if they call them "minor changes"?
I felt stuck into Crime and Punishment – Was I destined to yield to my hubris, only to repent of the heresy for the rest of my life?
I confessed the restlessness to the author. Usually sympathetic, after the surprise, he reassured me and I moved on. I did the research with himself. We got together twice.
I understood the untouchables and the susceptible of the work, then I freed him to his tasks.
We have preserved and restored, but not only. I did not hold back. I could not be absolutely faithful. If I did it, it would have been my critical dissolution. The respect for Eduardo Souto Moura, the profound admiration of his work, can not radicalize me.
I subtly adulterated the kitchen, a handrail, a stone from a fireplace, and sacrificed a soaking tub.
