Argivai House by Raulino Silva Arquitecto | International Residential Architecture Awards 2020

Raulino Silva Arquitecto: Awardee of International Residential Architecture Awards 2020. The Argivai House, in Póvoa de Varzim, is located on the outskirts of the city, in an area with different housing types, some crop fields, and small warehouses.

The lot has an irregularly shape, is very narrow next to the street, and allows the construction of two floors, without providing any annex or basement. The covered area, on the side of the house, protects a car from the rain and also the access to the main entrance of this house.

The interior organization defines the circulation and service spaces (bathrooms and laundry room) in the central area of the house, leaving larger spaces (living room, kitchen and bedrooms) on the main facades.

In the lower floor, facing the street, we have the kitchen that opens to the West. In the posterior zone we have the dining room and the living room that communicate with the terrace, where there is a porch roof to create shadow and to bridge the gable wall of the neighbor building (when the construction began, the neighbor building did not exist yet). In the central zone we have the stairs, a small bathroom and the laundry room with access by the kitchen.

Upstairs, in the posterior zone, we have two rooms with a balcony and a bathroom with a patio in the center. On the main facade with balcony, we have the suite, with the larger bedroom and a bathroom illuminated by a skylight.

Outside of the house, the facade, the walls and the gates are all white, to better define the shade. Inside of the house we also have the white on the walls, the ceilings, the lacquered carpentry, the krion (countertops and washbasins) and the ceramic wall, allowing the floating floor exalt its design.


Third Award: International Residential Architecture Awards 2020 


Firm: Raulino Silva Architect
Architects: Raulino Silva
Category: Housing Single-Family
Project Location: Argivai, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Team: Raulino Silva, Daniela Amorim, Cátia Sampaio, João Mendes, Carla Ribeiro, Hélder Jesus, Elena Marino, Giuliano Pavarese, Olga Duarte
Country: Portugal
Photography ©Credit: João Morgado

Raulino Silva was born in Vila do Conde (1981), he is an architect by the Escola Superior Artística do Porto, and he has had his own office in Vila do Conde, in North of Portugal.

The built works won the awards, the Muse Design Awards 2020, the IF Design Awards 2019, IDA Design Awards 2019, the European 40 Under 40 Awards 2018, the International Architecture Awards 2018, the Architecture MasterPrize 2018, the Iconic Awards 2017, and the Baku International Architecture Award 2015.

IRA 2021