Experimental

A small office on the outskirts of central Porto decided to transform into a home. In the raw space, a wall was introduced in the middle, and a kitchen was placed against one side.

Light-stained plywood was chosen as the material to resolve the new elements.

Everything else remained untouched: standard window frames, the existing raised wooden floor, original doors, and white paint. The intervention does not aim to solve the problems of housing, but rather to explore the condition of inhabiting what was never meant to be inhabited.

The bathroom is part of the living area; the tile rejects the boundary defined by two transparent glass panels. Plants, objects, and any curtains to come must take responsibility for providing a degree of privacy — if desired.

This is a spatial essay on adaptation and liminality — a space suspended between the provisional and the permanent, between office and home, between what is sufficient and what is necessary.