Pátio do Meco, a Setúbal home designed in 2018 by Fábio Ferreira Neves, maintains its original identity by preserving its typical Mediterranean elements. The minimal exterior is designed as different volumes positioned according to privacy needs. A verandah connects the main home, where social activities take place, with the private rooms along the perimeter. For shade, the patio, which maintains its original scale, contains Mediterranean elements, such as a well and shading reeds.

Setúbal home retains its historical character
The Pátio do Meco, located in the historical centre of Aldeia do Meco, Portugal, is a family home designed in 2018. The project, led by designer Fábio Ferreira Neves, involved retaining the original identity and appearance of the main house and its patio, which had long adhered to the vernacular common scale. In designing the home, the boundary of the plot is defined by the new house and its extension, which is composed of minimal and abstract volumes. The layouts are separated according to privacy needs, with social areas located in the main building and private and technical functions organized along the perimeter of the enclosure.

Minimal volumes create private spaces
Pátio do Meco recreates its historical character with a minimal exterior arranged in different volumes which informs both the interior and the exterior layout.
“In a region where architectural forms grow horizontally, and based on eminently abstract volumes, the projec...