Implanted in Teixeira
river valley, a single family house occupies – to the
southeast - and demands – to the northwest - the
agricultural and winery slopes
that characterize Loivos da Ribeira, Baião,
Portugal. Related to, at the same time that is located between, volumes
of anonymous architecture, adopting the local geography and topography, establish
exterior relations with the valley and interior relations with a
courtyard that crosses the uses and the views between the
various floors, imposed by the receiving side.
The volumes that surround
the courtyard serve a functional and formal hierarchy.
Formally, the facades comply with this option and organizational conditions.
Functionally, the uses evolve between social
and individual, and between its foundation in the ground,
crossed by the access to the garage, and
its dematerialization coverage.
The common areas lose their limits, creating continuities and
affinities seeking the unity of the dwelling.
The cover has a swimming pool framed by the slope and
validated by the open sky.
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