© Juan Rodriguez
- Architect: Aires Mateus
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Authors: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus
- Area: 1115.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Juan Rodriguez, Francesco Martello, Renée Kemps
- Coordination: Maria Rebelo Pinto
- Interiors: Luz Jiménez, Sara Calem, Maria Bello, Pauline Gasqueton
- Engineering: Betar + Prom&e
- Construction: Manuel Mateus Frazão
- Landscape: PROAP
© Renée Kemps
Text description provided by the architects. The Santa Clara project envisioned the renovation of a building in Lisbon. A building with undefined history, with different construction periods and transformations, as it is common in historically rich areas.
© Francesco Martello
Ground floor plan
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First floor plan
© Francesco Martello
The goal was to construct a building that reflects the living experience of the city. A search, not done by the reproduction of traditional elements, but by a recombination of elements, materials, atmospheres and proportions, to bring back this idea of living. A plain architecture, that combines few elements, while striving for quality in the use of real materials. An idea of authenticity and, therefore, an idea of timelessness.
© Renée Kemps
