House in Ranholas

House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas

Vasco Lima Mayer

ENGINEERING
Francisco Lima Mayer; Nuno Pitta Soares & Partners

CONSTRUCTION
Gogil

ARCHITECTS
Vasco Lima Mayer; Sara Oom De Sousa

DECORATION
Intergaup

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Polen Land Design; Terra Lógica

PHOTOGRAPHS
carmo Oliveira

AREA
265 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Sintra, Portugal

CATEGORY
Houses

Located in Serra de Sintra, this house is naturally immersed in the mystical atmosphere that characterizes this area.

House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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The contrast between the white walls and the green of the surrounding nature, affirms Ranholas’ House in the landscape. The smoothed concrete on the pavement also highlights the white plaster.

Wooden window frames and the tiled roof are the core materials that give identity to this project.

House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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From the start, the idea was to create a true family house. This is now a place where history and tradition reinvent themselves to live side by side with contemporaneity.

Inside, you can breathe the comfort of a home, but the mountainous exterior seen through the windows is also an active protagonist on a day-to-day basis.

House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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The architecture of this project is, therefore, designed to merge these two dimensions into one, creating a house where the ambiguity between withdrawal and expansion is fully and deeply experienced.

House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas


House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
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House in Ranholas
© Carmo Oliveira
House in Ranholas
© Carmo Oliveira


House in Ranholas
Plan - Ground floor
House in Ranholas
Plan - Upper floor
House in Ranholas
Elevation
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