Architects:Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos

Year :2017

Photographs :Francisco Nogueira

Manufacturers :  Focus, panoramah!®Focus

Architecture : Frederico Valsassina

Collaborators : Mónica Mendes Godinho, Diana Mira, Filipa Ferreira, GLO – Global Architecture Office

Landscape Design : Hipólito Bettencourt Arquitectura Paisagista

Foundations And Structures : Axial Engenharia

Hydraulic Installations : Ductos – Internacional Projectos

Electrical Installations : Raul Serafim Associados

Mechanical Installations : Get – Gestão e Energia Térmica

City : Lagos

Country : Portugal

As the premise for the project of this single-family dwelling, there is an evident need to integrate it into a special landscape and environmental setting, where the presence of nature and the development of the territory plays a dominant role in defining the visual frameworks and directly influence the architectural approach. The close dialogue with the surroundings is explored here, taking advantage of the unique and diversified panoramic views over the bay and city of Lagos, the town and ria of Alvor, and also over the Odiáxere mountain range.

The steep inclination of the plot of land is responsible for the fusion of the terrain, the construction developing in a northwest-southeast direction, along accessible panoramic platforms that minimize the constructed mass and mean that most of the green cover can be maintained. In this context, there are two wings, distinguished by their setting out, materialization and program.