Lisbon’s Carnide Residence is a “pristine haven” for its doctor house owners

Regionally-based Lola Cwikowski Studio has overhauled this Lisbon house to characteristic calming minimalist interiors that offset the hectic existence of its house owners.

Located on the outskirts of Lisbon, Carnide Residence has been stripped of its “jarring” combine of colors and finishes to kind a calmer setting the place its house owners – a pair of physicians – can unwind on the finish of their lengthy workdays.

“The unique inside was rigorously up to date to function a pristine haven for the pair of execs with busy schedules,” mentioned Lola Cwikowski Studio, which was tasked with the overhaul.

“They’re each medical doctors and wished their residence to be uncluttered and stress-free.”

Partitions all through have merely been freshened up with a coat of white paint.

Ornamental components like work or image frames have then been largely omitted to permit for an “interaction of sunshine and shadow” throughout the house’s naked surfaces because the solar strikes all through the day.

“Since shifting to Portugal, I’ve been impressed by the work of Aires Mateus and Álvaro Siza — particularly the play of contrasts, textures, kinds and voids, mild and shadow” defined the studio’s eponymous founder, who initially hails from Belgium.

Even in the lounge, the one options are a pair of cabinets, an extended, white sideboard and a pale-grey couch that backs onto a pc desk.

“A classic picket sideboard and ending touches from Portuguese flea markets additionally imbue the house with native soul,” added the studio.

A flash of color is offered by the pantry, which has been built-in into the quick hall that leads by means of to the open-plan cooking and eating space.

Its full-height cabinets doorways and ceiling have been painted sage-green in a refined nod to the house owners’ joint penchant for outside actions.

Graphic particulars seem inside north London’s Home for a Stationer

The restrained color scheme resumes within the kitchen, which has been accomplished with pale cabinetry and light-beige composite counter tops that the studio chosen to match the present stone window sills.

Heat timber-framed chairs then encompass the central desk within the adjoining eating room.

This is not the one residence that is been designed according to its house owners’ career. Structure for London not too long ago accomplished a London home extension for a stationer and graphic designer that was meant to seem like a neatly dominated pocket book.

Particulars inside included a gridded splashback within the kitchen and stark black fixtures within the toilet.

Lim + Lu additionally utilized vivid colors all through a flat in Hong Kong to swimsuit a younger dressmaker.

Pictures is by Alexander Bogorodskiy.