Experimental

What once operated as a pharmaceutical office has been converted into a dwelling.
The intervention takes advantage of the elevated ground floor in relation to the street, while the basement opens out onto a generous concrete patio. Partial demolitions were used strategically to sculpt the terrain and introduce topographic variations — an attempt to bring a fragment of the hillside into the urban fabric.

The plot gave rise to two dwellings: a front-facing unit — a compact studio with sanitary facilities — and a main duplex house oriented towards the garden.
Upstairs are the bedroom and a study; on the lower level, a long living space stretches between two patios, allowing for continuous interaction between interior and exterior. A single central object organises the space, integrating multiple programmatic functions — storage, circulation, and technical areas.

The original concrete structure remains exposed, embraced as both a constructive and expressive element.
The façade appears to have been built atop a pre-existence: from the old house, a new composition emerges, marked by a glazed double-height plane that contrasts with the small upper openings — remnants of the original building.
The overall form takes on an ambiguous, almost animal-like presence — with ‘legs’ exposed and body withdrawn — suggesting an organism suspended in tension between the past and its new inhabited state.