House in Litoral Alentejano / Aires Mateus

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  • Architects: Aires Mateus
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  170
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2000
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Daniel Malhão
House in Litoral Alentejano  / Aires Mateus - Image 9 of 19
© Daniel Malhão

Text description provided by the architects. The program includes four houses and a water tank. The water tank will be a square of whitewashed plaster where a pool is found and a line draws the shower.  The placement of the several houses will be decided by each owner.  

House in Litoral Alentejano  / Aires Mateus - Bathtub
© Daniel Malhão

The first house is a square. The living room is disposed around a courtyard that provides indirect lighting. Secondary compartments inhabit the interior of thick walls that form the central living room.

Plan

These areas, compressed by a lifted ground and a lowered ceiling, become spaces which group to limit and define the “exterior volume,” emphasizing it as the main space of the house.

House in Litoral Alentejano  / Aires Mateus - Image 4 of 19
© Daniel Malhão
House in Litoral Alentejano  / Aires Mateus - Facade
© Daniel Malhão

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Cite: "House in Litoral Alentejano / Aires Mateus" 17 Apr 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/785472/house-in-litoral-alentejano-aires-mateus> ISSN 0719-8884

© Daniel Malhão

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