The project proposes a programmatic reconfiguration of a 1970s house, adapting it to the evolving ways of living of a growing contemporary family. The intervention is based on preserving the original shell, maintaining the gabled roof with colonial clay tiles and the thick perimeter walls that define both its constructive identity and interior atmosphere.
The main interior operation consisted of releasing the social space by removing partitions that previously fragmented the layout into small rooms. This action allowed the common areas to be consolidated into a single, continuous space, generous in scale for a house of this size.
The original lack of natural light prompted the introduction of a south-facing glass-brick skylight, providing soft and constant illumination while maintaining the interior’s thermal comfort.
At ground level, a new cement tile floor was introduced, reinterpreting the house’s material language through a reference to the terracotta tone originally present in the roof. The interior space, defined by its pitched roofs, is horizontally intersected by a new exposed metal structure that clearly reveals the constructive intervention.
The private area remains in its original configuration; the intervention was limited to the bathroom in order to optimize resources and focus investment on the shared living spaces.
Free of pretentious gestures, the project is conceived as a practical and honest renovation. It seeks to revalue a domestic architecture designed as such, preserving its essence while expanding its capacity to support new forms of inhabitation. Text description by the architects.
