Casa Vale De Margem

Casa Vale De Margem

CASA VALE DE MARGEM

Marlene Uldschmidt Architects

PHOTOS
FG+SG | Fotografia de Arquitectura (9)

STATUS
Built

SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Alcantarilha, Portugal

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem

Some houses are made to be looked at, others to be lived in, others again to be walked on.

Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem

Once a farmhouse, tucked into rural Algarve (Southern Portugal) and surrounded by the luscious vegetation of a natural reserve, is now a conceptual space tuned in with the land topography and flooded with light and air.

Roof therapy should be the next trend, crossing spacial boundaries is liberating, empowering, and challenging.

Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem

This’s probably why the roof of Casa Vale do Margem is walkable. The entire house is about movement.

Stepping from one room to another is an escalation of geometrical perfection, the additional wing gave sinuosity to the structure and a long external retaining wall marked the transition between the land and the building.

Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem

Large glazed sliding elements connect the fluid open-plan interior with the contrastingly rugged external areas and natural locally sourced materials have been used to build the retaining wall and the floors.

The priority of the studio intervention was to harmoniously integrate the building with the surrounding open countryside, a sea of almond trees under a cloudless sky, preserving the space and enhancing the blessed natural setup was the winning combination of this ambitious project.

Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem


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Casa Vale De Margem
Casa Vale De Margem