House in Paço de Arcos : By Jorge Mealha

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© Jorge Mealha

Architect: Jorge Mealha
Location: Carcavelos, Lisbon, Portugal
Project Team: Arch. João Sítima, Arch. Luís Banazol, Arch. Pedro Pereira, Arch. Marcelo Dantas
Client: Margarida e António Lemos
Project Area: 388.50 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2010
Photographs: Jorge Mealha



Located on an impressively sloping site in Paço de Arcos, a neighborhood of Lisbon facing the sea, this house proposes an arrangement of several solids trying to attenuate the overall mass due to a huge functional program requested by the client.

ground floor plan

A set of restrictive regulations, defined in the city council urbanistic project, from distances to borders, access and total amount of construction area and volume were also a condition to be addressed and surpassed.

© Jorge Mealha

The resultant form proposes a dialogue between a range of different solids and voids, using light to draw or reflect on the surfaces, proposing a changeable reading of space and volumes during the day.
The metal screening/shading devices, create large smooth textured surfaces on the facade of the house emphasizing forms and controlling the relationships between indoor and outdoor or between external and internal spaces.

© Jorge Mealha

The house is all white and the roofs are flat. Some circulations, as the staircase and main corridor, are in white painted metal slightly detached from the walls, leaving opportunity for light to pass in between.

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

lower level plan
ground floor plan
first floor plan
roof plan
east elevation
north elevation
section 01
section 02
section 03