Oasis under a Building

The project creates an oasis beneath an existing building: a home on the ground floor that turns inward rather than toward the street.

The Portuguese design team describes it as a glass house reversed, like a sock with a hole: transparency turned inward toward a hidden courtyard, with loose objects placed at the edges.

The house can be read as one space or several. A few ornaments hold it in suspension, while a bright ceiling acts as a sky over the rooms.