Pátio Interior
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Year
2024
Typology
Interior
Area
180 m²
Status
Completed
Client
Private
The renovation of a ground-floor apartment in Alfama, opened onto a forgotten patio.
Remove, rather than add. Every intervention returns light to the plan.
The apartment had been subdivided into seven rooms facing a narrow light-well. We removed four walls, lowered the patio floor to the level of the kitchen, and replaced a solid party wall with a pair of oak doors that fold back completely.
Surfaces are kept to three: lime plaster, oak and a pale terrazzo that continues from the kitchen to the patio without a threshold.
Late afternoon: the olive tree draws on the patio wall.
Breakfast nook · Threshold to the kitchen
Material study
A palette of materials, chosen to age together.
Lime plaster — Polished, tadelakt
Oak — Soaped, FSC
Terrazzo — Honed, Cast on site
Complete set
Interior architecture — ARQVE
Joinery — Oficina Gil
Photography — Unsplash (placeholder)
Expertise
Interior Architecture, Residential Design
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