Geneva-based architects Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini renovated a building in the center of Lisbon, Portugal into the Dodged House: an atypical, fascinating space heavily inspired by the modernist vision of architect Irving Gill.
Due to the financial crisis that hit Portugal a decade ago, the city had seen its share of abandoned spaces. Zamarbide and Banchini left the building’s facade untouched in keeping with the streetscape’s harmonious aesthetic. The home’s unassuming exterior belies the experimental space shaping that takes place within its walls. Four superposed floors, which hosts three bedrooms, baths and a study, dominate one half of the house; the other half was left as a full-height living space, inviting a generous amount of light through a glass-fitted arch that opens up to a small courtyard. Locally sourced tiles and stones are used for the walls, furniture and floors. This architectural gem, the architects say, “play quite deliberately and strongly with the history of modernism and its inhabitable typologies”.
Photography © Dylan Perrenoud