Paulo Martins Arquitectura: House seeks privacy while dialoguing with nature. Madalena House is located in Vila Nova de Gaia, in the parish of Madalena.
Composed of an overlapping of pure volumes, its arrangement corresponds to the desire of creating a visual barrier between living spaces and the street, allowing maximum privacy to be achieved.
Project name
Casa Madalena
Architecture firm
Paulo Martins Arquitectura
Location
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Martins
Structural engineer
R5 Engineers
Typology
Residential › House
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Architecture firm
TAEP/AAP
Location
Al Khiran, Kuwait
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Design team
Abdulatif Almishari, Rui Vargas, Telmo Rodrigues, Carla Barroso, Abdullahziz Al Kandahari, Fábio Guimarães, Alba Duarte, António Brigas, António Gorjão, Carlo Palma, Duarte Correia, Gonçalo Silva, Hassan Javed, João Costa, Mariana Neves, Maysi Vasquez, Pedro Batista, Pedro Miranda, Raquel Martins, Sofia Teixeira
Collaborators
Graphic Design: Mariana Neves, Aquilino Sotero, Diogo Monteiro, Federica Fortugno, Luísa Calvo
Interior design
Leonor Feyo, Carolina Grave, Estrela Nunes, Luísa Calvo
Structural engineer
R5 Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Mohammed Hassan, Rúben Rodrigues, Sérgio Sousa
Landscape
Susana Pinheiro
Supervision
ASBUILT Lúcio Silva, Ricardo Janeiro, Vando Beldade
Typology
Residential › House
