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SilverWood House

The first project of Ernesto Pereira is a house for a couple in Vila do Conde, Portugal, designed without any budget limit nor deadline, just to answer the client’s need.

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Windows become frames that narrate the space

A home filled with peace, built with a few essential gestures and a palette of materials in harmony with the surrounding landscape. The anthracite-colored windows by Edilpiù take center stage in this visual narrative.

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For his first big project and work, Portuguese architect Ernesto Pereira was commisioned to trasform an old house into the new residence of a couple, without any budget limit nor deadline.

The request only entailed the following: a work of art, a fascinating product in which the couple could see themselves living in.

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

And so, he sought out to know them, exhaustively, their tastes, quirks, routine and pleasantries. A solution was presented: The SilverWood House.

The remodelling work was one of a soulless house of typical construction, interior distribution and rural exterior interpretation. Pereira decided to bring the beach to his clients so that they could feel, every day, the proximity of the dunes, sand and untreated wood.

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal. Elevation

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal. Elevation

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal. Elevation

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal. Basement and first floor plans

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3r Ernesto Pereira, SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal. Second floor and rooftop plans

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SilverWood House, Mindelo, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Program: single-family house
Architects: 3r Ernesto Pereira Architecture
Engineering: Rui Martins . Engitek
Cement: Abilio Costa, Manuel Costa, Paulo Moreira
Carpentry and finishing: Ernesto Pereira, João Rocha, Mauro Gonçalves. Helder Oliveira, Helder Moreira, Albino Paços, Afonso Esperança
Electricity: Bruno Moreira
Plumbing: Albino Labruge
Frames: Ivan Piloto
Garden: Maria José Pereira
Consulting: Ernesto Queirós Pereira
Cost: € 100,000
Completion: 2014

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