The Focus: T4 family layout, storage children can reach on their own, reuse of the family's furniture, and building around fixed obstacles.

Planning and interior design of a T4 in Matosinhos, for a family moving into their permanent home. The brief was a layout that holds a daily routine, with storage the children can reach alone. Moving is expensive, so we reused the furniture they already owned: a wardrobe became a toy cabinet at their height. The heaters sat where the sofa had to go, so we built a shelf behind it that runs over them and doubles as a tabletop. A pillar stood in the middle of the living room, so we clad it in wood and added shelves for family photos. The open plan faces the sea, and the children's rooms follow the Montessori method, in wood, beige and white.

The Result: A T4 where the routine has a place, the pillar and heaters are part of the design, and most of the furniture came with the family.