CASA SFA/
ARQMOV
WORKSHOP
T
he SFA house is a refurbishment project that is faithful to the client’s specific re-
quirements. Arqmov Workshop initially suggested a brand new project, given the
previous (quite unfortunate) refurbishment work on the property. However, the
nostalgia of its owner led the firm to reconsider adapting his childhood home to suit his new
family – with a wife and three children. Given more than 30 years since the construction of the
house, the decision was made to strip its original structure bare, to use the house’s spatial po-
tential and to take advantage of its location opposite to a golf course.
The dividing floor of the residence was demolished to create a large double height volume with
large windows to the rear and interior facade to the garden and the swimming pool. Due to the
importance placed on light intake in this project, a void was opened on the wall supporting the
stairs towards the bar area through which a shaft of light pierces the space.
The entertainment area of the scheme - a lounge with a fireplace and large walls with beige stone
slab veneers, ring-shaped pendant lamps by Henge and a red-coloured carpet - is crowned by a
bar area framed by wooden panels and with wooden floors. In contrast, the dining room is a small
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