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Monte Golf Quinta do lago
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Portugal
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Other Projects by JSH Algarve Arquitectura Lda Jutta Hoehn
Monte Golf Quinta do lago
Portugal
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
The challenge was to substantially upgrade a 40 year old house with no architectural merit ( described disparagingly as a “Flintstone “house), albeit on a very attractive site, on a relatively limited budget.
The first major decision was to build a huge freestanding wall ( metres in length and metres high) metres from the existing front elevation of the house, with a massive central sliding wooden door.
This bold architectural statement achieved four things:
Firstly, it produced privacy for the entrance of the house .
Secondly, it gave a sense of presence and style to the house, previously lacking.
Thirdly, it visually” dragged” the house forward and therefore closer to the centre of the site.
Fourthly, the double height wooden door, leading through a new desert garden to the main door of the house, again massive in matching wood, produced a sense of arrival.
The next major architectural decision was to build a huge curved sweeping concrete pergola, stretching around the whole of the rear elevation. This not only produced drama from the previously insipid elevation, but gives a huge outside shaded eating and lounging area……an absolute necessity in the Southern Mediterranean climate.
Furthermore, it is this area which produces a connection between the house and the third major area of work……a 25 metre overflowing swimming pool. Decorated in dark grey tiles, this dramatic element is the focal point of the rear garden.
Internally, polished concrete ( or micro -cement, as it is called in Portugal) is used to produce a homogenous flow throughout the interconnecting spaces. The rooms are interspersed with interesting disparate materials, such as rusting iron, rough slabs of timber, traditional Portuguese tiles and burnt wood finishes, providing a changing and surprising experience when progressing from room to room.
The first major decision was to build a huge freestanding wall ( metres in length and metres high) metres from the existing front elevation of the house, with a massive central sliding wooden door.
This bold architectural statement achieved four things:
Firstly, it produced privacy for the entrance of the house .
Secondly, it gave a sense of presence and style to the house, previously lacking.
Thirdly, it visually” dragged” the house forward and therefore closer to the centre of the site.
Fourthly, the double height wooden door, leading through a new desert garden to the main door of the house, again massive in matching wood, produced a sense of arrival.
The next major architectural decision was to build a huge curved sweeping concrete pergola, stretching around the whole of the rear elevation. This not only produced drama from the previously insipid elevation, but gives a huge outside shaded eating and lounging area……an absolute necessity in the Southern Mediterranean climate.
Furthermore, it is this area which produces a connection between the house and the third major area of work……a 25 metre overflowing swimming pool. Decorated in dark grey tiles, this dramatic element is the focal point of the rear garden.
Internally, polished concrete ( or micro -cement, as it is called in Portugal) is used to produce a homogenous flow throughout the interconnecting spaces. The rooms are interspersed with interesting disparate materials, such as rusting iron, rough slabs of timber, traditional Portuguese tiles and burnt wood finishes, providing a changing and surprising experience when progressing from room to room.
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