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Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel

HOUSES ETOSOTO CABO ESPICHEL

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Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

ARCHITECTS
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LOCATION
Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

LEAD ARCHITECT
Julien Labrousse

DESIGN TEAM
Ines Poncet Alfredo Luvison

AREA
204.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2019

PHOTOGRAPHS
Guillaume Guerin

MANUFACTURERS
ISOCELL, Kebony, Levantina

CLIENTS
Etosoto

CLIENTS
Etosoto

CONSULTANTS
B2S Ingenierie

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
Oprea Cristia

LOCATION
Portugal

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

Text description provided by architect.

The goal of this program was to transform two ruins located in Cabo Espichel, Portugal.

This project is a kind of introduction to the development of the Etosoto Hotel.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

In a process of conservation of the existing, the frame has been preserved. We restructured the volumes with an exterior wood envelope, which redraws volumes while retaining what was already in place.

The woods have been selected conscientiously, with the idea of giving them a second life.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

The cladding is made with pine treated with sugarcane compost, called Kebony.

The interior and exterior structures are composed of pine produced locally, autoclaved without treatment.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

The interior veneers are eucalyptus, locally produced as well.

The houses are 100% energetically autonomous, thanks to the installation of solar panels, located in the surrounding fields to blend in with the vegetation.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel

Heating and cooling are made possible thanks to a heat exchanger.

The greywater is treated by a mini water station allowing a 100% water filtration and therefore its reuse for agriculture.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin

No action related to landscaping has been done around the houses, to let them evolve in the existing natural context.

The simple shapes of the buildings and the hues of the wood allow the buildings to blend in with the decor in different ways, depending on the lights and the seasons.

The wooden interior is very uncluttered thanks to the varied shapes and heights of windows, offering openings on the varied and predominant landscapes that are the dominant force in these habitats.

Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin


Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin


Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
© Guillaume Guerin


Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Lateral facade - Northwest
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Lateral facade - Southeast
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Rear facade - Southeast
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Front facade - Northwest
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Facades


Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Plan 01
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Plan 02
Houses Etosoto Cabo Espichel
Plan 03

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