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Architecture firm Nuno Piedade Alexandre has designed an extension of a health care residence for elderly people in Ponte de Sor, Portugal, and as part of the design, protruding windows were added to the facade.
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The building, which houses 10 double rooms and 4 individual rooms all with their own private facilities, has a variety of volumes that project the rooms and their windows outward on angles, distorting the facade, creating additional interior space, and allowing natural light to fill the rooms.
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