House in Olhão

About

The Portuguese firm Estudio ods – Bruno Oliveira and Marlene dos Santos – undertook the project of transforming an old fish-canning factory in Olhão, a municipality it the Algarve region, into a dwelling. The plant was part of a group of five buildings constructed in the early 20th century to meet growing demands for canned fish, before the industry began to decline in the 1950s. Four were eventually demolished and replaced with residential structures. In light of the quality of the building’s make-up, which allowed reuse, and also the interest in safeguaring the historical memory of the factories, the entire perimeter was retained, as was the massing of the existing construction. A residential program was inserted inside, on a built area of 180 square meters.