House C

A cheeky young house in a grumpy old world. Once again, the Portuguese design team disturbs a local house type. The interior is a tall white void ending in a curved ceiling. A stair either leads upstairs or frames a long wall of cabinets hiding a kitchen, bathroom and storage. Downstairs a chocolate-coloured column claims its ground; above, forms detach from the gable roof.

Two restrained but optimistic façades frame the stack of irregular spaces. The front glows with uniform dark blue tiles. The back plays with proportion: two concrete slabs cross two square windows and two panels of white marble, with a large black stone rectangle on top.