Moradia do Retiro is a house in Santo Tirso, Portugal, designed by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto. The project works within an existing structure, preserving granite walls and a sloped tile roof while opening the domestic realm to a private exterior. It balances the client’s wish to keep the building’s character with the comforts of a contemporary home, drawing a clear line between what endures and what’s renewed.
Casa do Parque IV reworks a long-neglected house in Santo Tirso, Portugal, into a confident urban home. Led by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto, the project navigates memory, cost, and present-day life without surrendering the building’s character. The result reads as a grounded renovation with a modern spirit, crafted for someone who searched for years to find a place worth keeping—and transforming.
Casa da Encosta is a house located in Santo Tirso, Portugal, designed in 2021 by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto. The design features a linear, single-story structure to create an inward-looking outdoor space, sheltered from a less appealing surrounding.
The building had long stood suspended in time and space, gradually falling into a state of disrepair—partially occupied, yet steadily losing structural integrity, quality, and a sense of safety. The future resident, then merely a hopeful seeker, had spent years searching for an old construction—central in location, rich in memory, and entirely unique within its urban surroundings.
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