The project has as its brief the construction of a single-family house and a collective housing building, to be put up for rent, with 2 apartment and a store for commerce.
The single-family house is located on the site of the existing building, which had only one floor, and maintains the old façade towards Comendador Street, with the second floor being set back from the street to move away from the façade of the building on the other side.
The second building, was built on Conde D. Mendo Street, a busier street with several multi-storey buildings with shopson the ground floor.
Raulino Silva is an architect from Escola Superior Artística do Porto, and was born in Vila do Conde, in 1981, where he works and lives.
His work, particularly on the housing theme, has been shown in several exhibitions, standouts include the "Shine Exhibition", at the Big Design Festival Ljubljana, the “Best International Houses” in Venice and the Europe 40 Under 40 Awards in Athens. He took part as a speaker at The Plan Magazine's Perspective Europe Forum, in Italy, at Pecha Kucha Night in Porto, and was invited to present his projects at “Arquitectura Avanzada” in Mexico.
Main Awards:
2024 - Gold Winner, IDA Design Awards, Residential category, USA
2023 - Gold Winner, Grands Prix Du Design, Private House category, Canada
2023 - Winner, Paris Design Awards, Architectural Housing category, France
2023 - Winner, BLT Built Design Awards, Residential category, Switzerland
2021 – 1st Prize, Liv Hospitality Design Awards, Others category, Switzerland
2021 – 1st Prize, Lusófonos de Arquitetura e Design Interiores, Housing category, Portugal
2020 - 1st Prize, 2A CAA - Europe Architecture Awards, Public category, UAE
2020 - Winner, International Architecture Award Chicago, Hotels category, USA
2020 - Gold Winner, Muse Design Awards, in the Architectural Hospitality category, USA
2019 – Winner, IF Design Award, Architecture category, Germany
2019 – Winner, Europe 40 Under 40 Awards’18, the European Center for Architecture, Greece
2019 - 1st Prize, International Residential Architecture Awards, Residential category, India
2018 – Winner, Architecture MasterPrize, Residential Architecture category, USA
2017 - Winner Iconic Awards, in the Architecture, Residential Category, Germany
2017 - 3rd Prize, Baku International Architecture Award, Residential category, Azerbaijan
2015 - 1st Prize, Baku International Architecture Award, Architecture category, Azerbaijan
2003 - 2nd Prize, Bergamo Architecture Prize, LIPAU/Facoltà Architettura Milano, Italy