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Longing 500 mg

Porto, Portugal · 2023

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Vazio S/A has reworked an apartment on one of Porto’s narrow, deep plots, lit by a wild garden at the back and a graffiti-lined alley at the side.

Practice
Vazio S/A
Year
2023
Photographer
João Morgado

The project

Porto’s historic core is made of plots only six to eight metres wide set in very deep blocks, leaving surprising green spaces in the middle. This apartment draws its light from two spaces: a deep private garden and the narrow Travessa da Regeneração.

In the garden, magnolias are planted in a meadow of two grasses and 20 flower species. It needs little care, supports far more life than a lawn and welcomes plants that arrive on their own, a secret garden in the centre of the city.

The kitchen with timber units.
A reading corner with a floor lamp and rug.
A bedroom opening onto the garden.
A bedroom with glazed doors.
Chairs in the meadow garden.

Credits

Architects
Vazio S/A
Photographer
João Morgado

The practice

Vazio S/A

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