Loft Lisbon
© Jose Campos

Loft Three Marias in Lisbon

AVA architects as Architects

The existing context


Conversion and adaptation of interior spaces. Apartment located at first Floor of a five-storey building, built in 1893. Floor joist hangers Wood (10x14) with walls of stone masonry. Height with 3.5m ceilings with plaster stucco with figurative decorations. Wooden window frames need to intervene on the side of the road and complete replacement of the interior side of the block. Original wood floor that is in good condition with the exception of areas where circulation is impaired. Kitchen installed in reduced difficulties in placing numerous appliances area. Toilet with direct link to the outside located next to the kitchen compartment and dimensions that a narrow and barely functional space. Besides being the bathroom of support rooms that are opposite the same side. The apartment has three hits from the common staircase. Too many doors that become an obstacle to circulation.


Intervention


We tried to implement a silent solution. Allowing lap times of each intervention compared to the original and that now advocates. A dialogue from a juxtaposition of languages, materials and construction systems. Searched up a functional dialectic, which could give body to existing spaces and their adaptation to new proposals spatial and programmatic functions. Apart from the introduction of new infrastructure for water and sewage, as well as electrical installations, the existing spaces like kitchen, toilet service and the interiors were reconfigured storage.


Materials Used: - Polycarbonate in alveolar wall coverings; - Stainless steel in kitchen furniture; - Signs of plasterboard on ceilings and new walls. - Wood and derivatives in interior doors.


Notes: - The lamp in the room was designed and built by architect Carlos Veloso (AVA) for the space where concrete is placed. Was constructed using polyurethane foam and metal support structure


- The gateway was changed based on elements that were recovered from the original port 1893. The original door had two leaves, with structural problems and was without an answer to the question of security. In this sense, was placed a security door retrieving elements of the original door.


- The intervention was conducted in interior design level, but also renewal and modification of pre-existing elements, as well as the placement of the bathrooms where they will not exist.


Carlos Veloso - (Atelier Veloso Arquitectos, Lda.).

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