The QL House is located in one of the most exclusive areas of Algarve, on the Portuguese southern coast, a singular presence in an essentially residential neighbourhood. 
From where it was erected it is possible to see captivating surroundings: golf courses, residences, the estuary and, dominating the background, the Atlantic Ocean. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Architects: Visioarq Arquitectos

Location: Faro, Portugal

Authors: Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez

Area: 1240.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Project Team: Margarida Pereira, Inês Stoffel, António Teixeira
Structural Engineering: A3R

Installations: MEP

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The QL House is located in one of the most exclusive areas of Algarve, on the Portuguese southern coast, a singular presence in an essentially residential neighbourhood. 
From where it was erected it is possible to see captivating surroundings: golf courses, residences, the estuary and, dominating the background, the Atlantic Ocean. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The QL House project was an exercise in balancing spaces and landscape integration. The articulation of two overlapping and perpendicular spaces generated not only a particular spacial dynamic, but also different visual relations ...