Elliptical House is the result of an idea. It is based on a geometric shape and a volume sculpted by the landscape. 

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Architects: Mário Martins Atelier

Localization: Luz, 8600, Portugal

Area: 400.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Collaboration: Sónia Fialho, Rui Duarte, Nuno Colaço, Sara Silva, Rui Santos

Construtor: Ilha & Ilha, Lda

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Elliptical House is the result of an idea. It is based on a geometric shape and a volume sculpted by the landscape. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

A balance was sought between fullness and emptiness, weight and airiness, light and shade, or, the object and its image. It is a relationship between the real and the imagined, between physical and virtual spaces. 
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

With its elliptical base, the house is deliberately sculptural and organic. It is shaped by the wind and the sea that wants to embrace the wide floating oval which subtly delimits the central patio of the house. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

It is important to establish a subtle connection with the house next to it, to the east. A contemporary, dynamic balance was reached, and the same intense white is used in practically all the houses on this gentle, sunny slope. 

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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