Baizo House: A House in Time is a speculative reconstruction rooted in memory and guided by the wind. Set in Trafaria, Portugal, on a hill exposed to Atlantic air and Mediterranean light, the project begins with a found object: an old concrete stair, the sole remnant of a long-forgotten architectural gesture. From this fragment, the design winds backward through time, assembling a house from memory, imagination, and atmosphere.

The project draws from the testimony of those who once lived in the original Maison Baizeau by Le Corbusier. These recollections, though partial and imprecise, reveal an architecture alive with sensation. “The first thing that comes to mind when I think of this house is its silhouette.” The silhouette, is prominent, proudly contrasting to its surroundings. The house unfolds around light-filled terraces, long views, and the constant presence of wind. “The wind blew through the house. We had to rush to close doors and windows.” The architecture does not resist the elements; it engages them, creating spaces that breathe and shift with the weather.

Anchored by the existing stair, the new design treats circulation as a spatial narrative. “It was all about the stairs.” The stair becomes a structuring device, connecting public and private moments, interior and landscape, sky and ground. Around it, the house is composed of remembered fragments: a turquoise room for music, a bathroom that doubles as a place of retreat. “When I wanted to read in peace, I’d sit there until someone kicked me out.”

The terraces are central, framing the horizon and shaping everyday rituals. “Ah yes, these terraces were really our home.” At night, mattresses are carried outside and the house dissolves into the sky. “It was so nice to fall asleep under the stars. We’d go to bed with a light sheet, and in the morning we’d be awakened by the sun.”

Baizo House is not a copy of the past, but a structure built from its echoes. It treats architecture as a vessel for remembering, a medium through which space, time, and feeling become continuous.