Triple-perspective front room kinds core of Casa Meco in Portugal
Atelier Rua has organized dwelling areas on this pared-back Portuguese vacation residence round an infinite front room, which has three totally different vistas of its verdant environment.
Located south of Lisbon within the small village of Aldeia do Meco, the one-storey concrete home is shared by a retired Dutch couple.
The pair had been eager to work with Atelier Rua after seeing the follow’s Pensão Agrícola undertaking, a rural lodge within the Portuguese city of Tavira.
They wished a vacation residence with a equally laid-back really feel, the place they might whereas away summer time months and have their grown-up kids come to remain.
“They did not need doorways, and as a lot as doable, that the plan could be open,” Paulo Borralho, companion on the follow, advised Dezeen.
“They wished a home that will promote the independence of every bed room, and that the frequent areas may very well be areas for gathering.”
With this in thoughts, Atelier Rua designed Casa Meco as a “good sq.” – its corners are shaped by 4 visitor suites, every full with their very own bogs, dressing areas and personal patio.
These are supposed to be “household clusters”, the place respective teams of visiting company can retreat for privateness.
On the coronary heart of the plan lies an enormous communal dwelling space with an exposed-concrete ceiling and ground.
Three sides of the room have been fitted with glazed panels, which could be slid again to open-up the inside to the outside.
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Furnishings features a taupe-coloured sectional couch, lengthy timber eating desk, in addition to a few creamy armchairs. The rear kitchen is anchored by a veiny marble breakfast island.
“In fact there’s an inherent playfulness on this plan. We used geometry as a ‘motor’ to design the entire home,” Borralho defined.
“The non-public patios, the ‘household clusters’, the lounge; they’re all squares inside squares.”
The bedrooms are accessed by way of small vestibules that jut into the dwelling space. They comply with the house’s pared-back aesthetic and are dressed merely with woven rugs and exposed-bulb pendant lamps.
Though marble has been used to craft the bathtubs and sink basins within the ensuites, the showers are screened-off by white curtains that hold from a round observe on the ceiling.
Rectilinear openings have been carved out of the east, south and west-facing facades of Casa Meco to create shaded terraces.
Certainly one of them immediately overlooks the house’s 15-metre-long swimming pool, and has a desk and grill cooker in order that it may possibly function an alfresco eating area.
The rear wall of one other terrace has been punctuated with an enormous arched area of interest, which is used as an open hearth.
Atelier Rua was established in 2006 and has workplaces in Lisbon, Cape Verde and Mozambique. Its Casa Meco undertaking joins a bunch of putting houses which can be dotted throughout the Portuguese panorama.
Others embrace Home in Monsaraz by Aires Mateus, which is embedded underground and hid by a inexperienced roof, and TS Home by architect Pedro Miguel Santos, which is designed to emulate classical temples.
Images is by Francisco Nogueira.
Venture credit:
Structure: Atelier RUA
Crew: Francisco Freitas, Luís Valente, Paulo Borralho, Rui Didier, Ana Tomé, Cristiano Rodrigues, Dora Jerbic
Development: Vassalo & Sousa, Lda.
Structural engineering: Pedro Viegas
Electrical energy, comunication, fuel provide: LMS – Gestão de Projectos e Engenharia
Water provide, sewage, drainage and HVAC: Ecoperfil – Sistemas Urbanos Sustentáveis
Landscaping: Oficina dos Jardins