This project revolves around the story of an architect who has a passion for surfing and has built his own home between the sea and the Ria de Aveiro. Additionally, the nationally renowned sculptor, Paulo Neves, has also contributed his artistry to this space.
Located on the shores of Aveiro, nestled between the sea and the lagoon, stands a salt-washed house that breathes the essence of the ocean. A minimalist sanctuary echoing the memories of a surfing architect. Here, light dances through the latticework, while the interior seamlessly merges with the exterior through an intimate patio. It’s a home that beckons the eyes to lose themselves in the tranquility of the lagoon The Salt-Colored House.
This house is in front of the so-called Mira channel in Costa Nova do Prado. This place, due to the salinity of its waters and surrounding vegetation, the colors and odors that emanate, takes me back to my past, my parent’s house, where I grew up and lived for many years, under this atmosphere of marine nature.
When idealizing and conceiving the project of this house, I faced a huge challenge. In effect, it condensed in me the creative figure of an architect and, likewise, the usufruct figure of a demanding client. In the beginning, the conflict of figures clouded the clarity and objectivity necessary for the design, however, over time and with the maturation of some aspects of the project, the result was, in my humble opinion, doubly achieved.
But other challenges were imposed. Sharing the same space with another person, my wife, generated different compulsions and concerns within the framework of each person’s idiosyncrasies, namely, how they wanted to inhabit and live in the house. Thus, sharing the same space implied understanding the other, and forced me to transact with her, concepts of aesthetics and functionality and sometimes give up more erudite and less experienced lines of architecture.
The materials chosen for the construction revolved around ceramics, wood, and aluminum. In the colors, white predominated as the primary element of the entire house, salting it in almost all its corners with baskets of white. It was essential to create an intimate relationship between the interior and the exterior. For this purpose, an interior patio was designed to create a bridge with the south facade of the house and achieve a natural light gambier for all its compartments. Half floors were created, so that the basement floor was not exposed to possible flooding due to the rise in the water table and that vertical dynamics existed between the floors.
The social area was located on the upper floor, an area that was wide and with a very generous ceiling height, looking out over the estuary. Space to receive family and friends on festive days, articulated with the terrace on the roof, the lighthouse of the house where we can enjoy a more.
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Project name: The Salt-Colored House
Architecture Office: Rómulo Neto Arquitetos LDA
Main Architect: Rómulo De Almeida Neto
Collaboration: Luís Barbeiro, Liliana Dias
Location: Costa Nova do Prado, Aveiro
Year of conclusion: 2022
Total area: 400.00m2
Builder: José Manuel de Jesus Capela
Engineering: Eng. José Lopes; Eng. João Pedro Festas; Eng. Lígia Santos; Eng. Norberto Presa
Interior Design: Rómulo Neto Arquitectos LDA
Architectural photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio
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