The proposal for this house started from the client's desire to enjoy a protected exterior space, intimately connected to the interior program. The available lot resulted from the division into parcels of a family plot, a markedly longitudinal strip bounded by two distinct roads. On the north a high traffic national road to which a decharacterized surrounding structure has joined along time. On the south, a stone paved local road that delimits a set of agriculture fields forms a clear rural landscape with major interest. The patio typology, ancestrally tested in urban environment, emerged naturally as a solution to test. The two opposed realities on the north and south motivated its adaptation by opening a partial opening in one of the sides, thereby creating an open patio.

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Architects: PROD arquitectura & design

Location: Forjães, 4740, Portugal

Architect In Charge: Susana Lages Correia

Area: 270.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: João Morgado

Authors: Paulo Lago de Carvalho, Susana Lages Correia

Team: Fernando Paiva e Paulo Borlido

Engineering: Sprenplan Lda.

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From the architect. The proposal for this house started from the client's desire to enjoy a protected exterior space, intimately connected to the interior program. The available lot resulted from the division into parcels of a family plot, a markedly longitudinal ...