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In the middle of the Atlantic ocean, in the island of Sao Vicente, in a dry windy island where only rain in August. A France trekking guide decides to build his own hotel ‘ Terra Lodge Hotel ‘ for the incoming tourists that want to go trekking in the nearest mountain island of Santo Antao.
Courtesy of Ramos Castellano Arquitectos – Photographs : Sergio Pirrone

The guide bought an old colonial house on the edge of the historical center, and ask the architects that the old house has also to be the starring and part integrate of the new hotel project. Their tourists came to the island for 2-3 days passing by his hotel before taking the ferry for the other island of Santo Antao. The hotel usually for his client is the first African place where they stay. RamosCastellano Arquitectos used the same implantation philosophy of the other surrounding building, adapting the separated units to the morphology of the terrain. Courtesy of Ramos Castellano Arquitectos – Photographs : Sergio Pirrone

Separating the buildings melting them in the built environment, creating with the mountain local’s stones the path to the rooms, preparing the clients for the next destination, Santo Antao. Each block is facing a different view from the city to the bay, the verandah is studied with the solar path, trying to block the direct solar irradiation during the day, and giving a protected corner to the guest for en...