Houses in Paço de Arcos / Atelier Central

Architects: Atelier Central
Location: Paço de Arcos, Portugal
Project Team: José Martinez Silva, Miguel Beleza, architects Atelier Central, arquitectos, Lda
Area: 754.0 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Builder: BISEL, Construções, Lda
Architectura Colaboration: João Graça, Fernando Carlota, coodinator architects, Marcelo Dantas, Pedro Dias, architects
Foundations : Pressuposto – . Eng. Pedro Gonçalves
Eletric And Equipment Installations: LMSA – Engenharia de Edifícios . Eng. Jorge Lourenço
Telecomunication And Equipment Installations: LMSA – Engenharia de Edifícios . Eng. Jorge Lourenço
Havac: LMSA – Engenharia de Edifícios . Eng. Gabriela Ferreira
Verification Of Energy And Climatization System: LMSA – Engenharia de Edifícios . Eng. Ana Isabel Mendes
Water And Sewage Installations : ENGICRAFT . Eng. António Barroso
Gas Network: MAROBAL . Eng. Miguel Claudino
Landscaping: Lara Bulcão, arquitecta paisagista
Client: José Martinez Silva
Cost: 600.000 €

“Two monsters walking down the hill.
One white.
One black.
Alike but not exactly the same.

Two brothers.
In the middle of the green, pure, hard, heavy volumes come up from the ground.
Concrete levels cross them both.
Embrasures pull them apart.

There are no frames.
They hide themselves and get lost in the transparency of dimension.
One day curtains will shelter lifes that will drop by.
In that very day architecture will become bigger.”