Architect：FMJPC Architecture and Design

Location：Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal

Project Year：2022

Category：Private Houses

Located in Arruda dos Vinhos county, Jardim 40 is a project of a villa’s pool house and refurbishment of its courtyard, where the existing garden and construction was obsolete. The intention was to restore it, turning it into a pleasant outdoor space for family and friends’ gatherings. Respecting the limits of the site as existing, the design went through a simple process of keeping the memory of the place, with the proposal of new materials inspired in a Mediterranean identity. 

The pavement layout in the courtyard was completely redesigned. The large steps in smoothed concrete create a contrast with the pavement around the pool in herringbone terracotta tiles. The pavement around the pool then continues towards the pool house’s interior, enhancing the connection between indoor and outdoor areas. The pool itself, in white, stands out as a new element among the different materials of the envolving pavements.