House around a Chimney

Some say renovations of beautiful buildings should be respectful, others that they should be assertive. The Portuguese design team tried to do both. The listed street façade, a vertical piling of extensions, and the neglected two-storey back façade were treated with similar means: renewed window frames, old granite, new marble elements and touches of pink.

The plan revolves around a new concrete chimney rising through every level, serving a fireplace in the main ground-floor room and organising the rooms around it. The stair takes its own meandering route in bright pink, distinct from the mint floors and ceilings.