Miguel Marcelino Arquitecto, Lda.

Three Courtyards House

Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

THREE COURTYARDS HOUSE

Miguel Marcelino

PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

LOCATION
Benavente, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

YEAR
2009

Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Text description provided by architect.

The plot is located in the middle of a “montado” landscape, being the best views to the north with a lake and the skyline punctuated by cork oak trees.

Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The house is organized in a compact volume of two floors, complemented by three courtyards all different in size and features.

A first large courtyard, enclosed, intimate, situates on the south side, embracing a big existing cork oak. Next to the back entrance there is another smaller patio, for service.

The third courtyard works as a key element in the relationship between home and the north side – it’s a slim space with a large horizontal opening that frames the landscape – it has an atmosphere of a "inner space outdoors”, the light is soft, by reflection on the outer wall that receives direct sunlight.

Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

This vertical courtyard communicates with a staircase that leads to an open terrace, the last element of the sequence of spaces, patios and atmospheres that go from more introspective and private to more open and outside.

Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Three Courtyards House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


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Miguel Marcelino Arquitecto, Lda.
T +351 213 472265
Miguel Marcelino Arquitecto, Lda.
Calçada da Boa Hora 87, 1300-092 Lisboa, Portugal