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.  

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Architects: Aires Mateus

Location: Alentejo Litoral

Authors: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus

Collaborators: Maria Rebelo Pinto, Patrícia Marques

Area: 170.0 sqm

Project Year: 2000

Photographs: Daniel Malhão

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From the architect. 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.  
© 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.

© Daniel Malhão

© Daniel Malhão

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