27 Dwelling In Sete Cidades

Eduardo Souto de Moura + Adriano Pimenta

CATEGORY
Houses

LANDSCAPE
ARQT.OF

LOCATION
Portugal

AREA
13202 m²

YEAR
2011

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luís Ferreira Alves

PROMOTOR (HOUSES)
AFAVIAS Engenharia e Construções, SA

ARCHITECTS
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Adriano Pimenta

COLLABORATORS
Ana Ferreira, Carolina Salcedo, Maria Vasconcelos,André Campos, Hugo Torres, Tiago Coelho.

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS
Afa Consult

ELECTRICAL CONSULTANTS
Afa Consult

MLECTRICAL CONSULTANTS
Afa Consult

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Loteamento – Couto & Couto, Casas - AFAVIAS Engenharia e Construções, SA

CLIENT
Região Autónoma dos Açores - Secretaria Regional da Habitação e Equipamentos, Direcção Regional da Habitação.

Text description provided by architect.

This project consists of 27 single-family dwellings built under a controlled-price regime, and the basic aim was therefore to optimize its costs effectiveness.

The design seeks to enhance the versatility of uses and subsequent potential modifications to the physical features of the spaces.

The operation area, which has a gentle eastward slope down to the lake, covers13.202m2, inserted in a transition zone of the Vila das Sete Cidades.

The elongated trapezoidal allotment has a street with a line of two-story buildings on its western side, agricultural plots to the north and east, and a forested area with no buildings at all to the south.