Outsider by Looking Inward

4.27.09 | As a professional interior designer, and a nascent design scholar interested in human-environment interactions, I've wondered if I will forever be skirting around the outside of the architectural establishment while examining architecture from the inside-out. At it turns out, my interest in inside-ness has created a form of outsider-ness that is as important as it is perplexing.

House RR - luxury home

This roof measuring six metres high, with a surface of eighteen by eight metres, was built using a prefabricated timber structure with galvanized steel joints. In the two large facades of the house, generously open to the scenery, panels of glass fiber mosquito screens with PVC coating were installed, pivoting or sliding, with the intention of creating an external membrane, capable of keeping the

Tolo House - Holiday Home Design

Tolo House, a holiday home. Designed by Alvaro Leite Siza, located in Lugar das Carvalhinhas - Alvite, Cerva Parish, Ribeira da Pena Commune, Vila Real District.Architects: Alvaro Leite SizaClient: Luís Marinho Leite Barbosa da Silva Location: Lugar das Carvalhinhas - Alvite, freguesia de Cerva, Ribeira da Pena DistrictSite Area: 1000 sqmConstructed Area: 180 sqmContractor: Óscar Gouveia