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The Tasca

The Tasca — the project name set in coral serif across the hero photograph; the open door looks into the converted tavern with terracotta walls, black metal frames, brass pendants, oak parquet floor

From a tasca to a residence.
Everything else came down.

A neighbourhood tavern in Amoreira that had stopped trading. Dark, narrow, decades of wear, fixtures that had given up. The footprint was worth converting; what was inside it wasn’t.

Nothing was salvageable. The bar came out, the roof came off, the windows were cut new. What went back is a 90 m² T2 — open-plan living onto a brick-walled kitchen, a textured-plaster bedroom, a wood-clad bathroom. Slim black metal, terracotta plaster, oak parquet underfoot. The address is the only thing the tasca handed forward.

Further reading: structural work & permits →

— Before · The tavern that stopped trading

The Tasca before — the tavern facade as found, before conversion
Facade
The Tasca before — the original cement bar counter, timber posts, decades of glasses across it
Bar counter
The Tasca before — the dining room, dated finishes, original floor patches
Dining
The Tasca before — original bathroom, dated fixtures
Bathroom

— During · Stripping back to the bones

The Tasca during — skip bag of demolition waste lifted by crane from the tavern facade, a worker repairing the tile coping above the door
Collecting the rubble after emptying the insides.
The Tasca during — the tavern interior stripped to its bones, sand piled for mortar, cement mixer in place, the original timber post standing
Starting to organize and understand the layout.
The Tasca during — the roof tiles removed, the timber joist skeleton fully exposed, a worker walking on the joists overhead
Removing the roof to see the issues.
The Tasca during — two workers re-laying the new terracotta tile roof, half the pitch already tiled, half still open joists with insulation underneath
Fixing the roof.
The Tasca during — window openings cut out of the side wall, step-ladders and tools waiting on the cobbled street outside
Removing all the outdated windows.
The Tasca during — open-plan room taking shape, structural walls plastered, skylight cut into the timber ceiling, a worker on the floor on final fixes
Completing the structure once the bones are done.
The Tasca during — herringbone oak floor laid, exposed brick wall preserved, original timber ceiling beams kept, scaffolding still in place for last fixes
Finishing touches and details.

“Sometimes the best preservation is starting over.”

Nothing of the tavern stayed. What stayed is the address.

— Maja Milič

— After

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— The numbers

By the metric.

Duration
10 months
Space
90 m²

— Materials & finishes

What got used.

  • FloorsOak parquet, herringbone
  • Living accentExposed brick wall, full height
  • Living + kitchen wallsTerracotta plaster, matte finish
  • Kitchen counterStone, mid-grey, slim profile
  • Bedroom feature wallTextured sienna plaster, swirled
  • BathroomWood-effect tile, brass round mirror
  • Door & window framesBlack metal, slim profile
  • LightingBrass pendants & black industrial cages

— Your home, next

Yours might need to come down.

The studio is good at knowing when to start over.

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