Campo de Ourique, Lisbon
2025
The bookbinder’s room
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Campo de Ourique, Lisbon
Hands, bone folder and a stack of folded sections.
The project
Place
Campo de Ourique, Lisbon
Year
2025
Type
Interior and joinery
Area
38 m²
Duration
5 months
Team
Marta Reis, Rui Vaz, one joiner
A ground-floor room for a bookbinder who works standing up. Everything sits at elbow height: the press, the cutting board, the drawers of thread.
We added nothing that needs a switch. A north window and a pale floor give an even light from morning to late afternoon.
From the site, after the handover
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Campo de Ourique, Lisbon
The work table under the north window.
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Folded sections waiting on the north sill.
It starts with a visit
Shall we walk through your rooms together?
Tell us about the place, the people who live there and what is not working. We reply within three working days.