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HOUSE IN CANIDELO . VILA NOVA DE GAIA . 2016 . 400 m2. CUSTOMER - PRIVATE. IN PROGRESS
The built environment is dominated by small houses, of very different typology, morphology and construction date.  This is an uncharacteristic area where there is no built-in reference nearby. The land has 2347.6 Ha, it has a slight slope towards the South and in the highest part you can see the sea in the distance, between the houses.
In view of the size of the plot, its orientation and the requested program, we chose to build a volume at the highest point of the land, away from the street, thus allowing most of the free land to face south, where they open generously. the common spaces of the house to the garden.
It was also important that the location of the house protect it from the prevailing Northwest winds in the spring and summer months, so we opted for the longitudinal location in the North/South direction. 
We like this rural image that the house may take on, with its gabled roof tiles, rectangular plan as long as a barn, shale stone cladding that marks the inherent robustness of durable constructions, and an adjacent terrace like a threshing floor. in stone.
Inside, the two waters are used for a ceiling height that varies according to the use of the spaces: in the living room, the entire height of the construction is used and in the bedrooms, an intermediate slab is foreseen that allows a in attic.
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