Concrete House is a lovely private residence located in Almacinha, Portugal, designed in 2020 by Utopia – Arquitectura e Engenharia.

Description
The plot was located in Almacinha, county of Mortágua, Portugal and had a diagonal view to the beautiful landscape of the Aguieira dam. We were asked to design a concrete house with environmental concerns generating maximum thermal efficiency and respect for the green surroundings. The house concept is thus born from the topography of the land: a simple design gesture digs and generates a courtyard on the ground, and from a simple cut on the terrain a big window appears. The roof is completely green and the concrete appears externally on the facade and landscape walls.Concrete in the exterior and interior of the houseOn the exterior, the concrete in sight is a process that requires superior technical care but which symbolically remind us of the ancestral constructions ?in situ? using the high thermal inertia of the earth. Inside, the entire floor is made of varnished reinforced concrete. Only the interior walls are plastered and painted, and in the bathrooms the microwaving runs through these spaces. All rooms of the interior have natural light through windows protected by the porches or zenithal light of the roof. The concrete in the end turns out to be a geological process produced by the mankind and the element that allows us to model the landscape carefully.
The organization of the spaces is simpl...