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An apartment reduced to its perimeter and a single decisive gesture. The previous segregated organisation disappears, replaced by a stepped wall that divides the transversal living space from a compact sequence of secondary rooms. The apartment becomes almost diagrammatic: a long open room on one side, na inhabited ensemble on the other.
The living space stretches towards the terrace, where the project finds its inflection. A metallic pole supports a light canopy, casting a patterned shade. The device recalls a delicate shading structure of Itsuko Hasegawa — an element that is simultaneously technical, spatial and slightly surreal. The terrace is less an exterior extension than a small domestic stage.
Inside, the material palette remains deliberately dry. White surfaces form the background, punctuated by small disturbances: fragments of black marble, mirrored planes and bright blue carpentry lines. All unfolds beneath a pale blue ceiling, where the restrained interior finds its atmosphere. The apartment becomes a sequence of precise gestures oriented toward a single unexpected presence — the cloud shaped metallic tree in the terrace.

■建築概要

fala 194
stepped apartment
vila nova de gaia, portugal
2024-2025
project team: fala (filipe magalhaes, ana luisa soares, ahmed belkhodja, lera samovich, eduardo loureiro, joão carlos lopes); maxrenova lda (contractor)
area: 150m2