The house is located in one of the so characteristic Estoril neighborhoods that had their origin in a summer occupation and expanded along the edge of the so called Costa do Sol. It is an orthogonal grid, with dense articulation, narrow streets and small scale plots.

© Francisco Nogueira

Architects: António Costa Lima Arquitectos

Location: 2765 Estoril, Portugal

Architect In Charge: António Costa Lima

Design Team: André Ribeiro, João Almeida

Area: 283.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Francisco Nogueira

© Francisco Nogueira

From the architect. The house is located in one of the so characteristic Estoril neighborhoods that had their origin in a summer occupation and expanded along the edge of the so called Costa do Sol. It is an orthogonal grid, with dense articulation, narrow streets and small scale plots.
© Francisco Nogueira

The house has a personal relation with the Client: it represents the journey of a lifetime of a family that has lived in several places around the world.

Model

This idea combined with the need to overcome the obstacle created by the blind wall of the neighbor building, resulted in an ascetic movement from the land that searches the light and views of the valley in the east and the sea to the south.

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