Esquissos. Image Cortesia de Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

The architectonic requalification of the restaurant, is marked by a clear distinction between the pre-existing building, which corresponds to the rehabilitation, and the new building that would constitute an extention.
Although both buildings stand upon the terrain terraces, the refered diferention between them is accentuated by its orientation and window openings, forming an “L” shape that opens to the view, and defines a plasent exterior area. Both these volumes recive the restaurant with the entrance at the upper level of the terrain at the same height as the main street, Rua das Lapas.

The new volume, materialized in a modelar wood structure, takes as a reference the pre-existng stone building, and they connect in a way that creates two paths, a private and a public.

Ground floor plan

As the user moves away from the construction, the wooden structure gets more emphasys on the terrain, and it stands supported by wooden pillars through the slopes, creating a suspended part, covering a platform below more related with the terrain, creating an area more quiet and shaded.

© Juan Rodriguez

• Architect

  Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

• Location

  4605 Vila Mea, Portugal

• Category

  Refurbishment

• Arcchitect in Charge

  Graca Correia, Roberto Ragazzi

• Area

  623.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Juan Rodriguez