projectos DS House

The client asked for a out of the ordinary house that explored the relation of his privileged terrain, a narrow strip of land wonderfully located behind a cliff, with the sea and nature.

This region of the Algarve is still a bit wild and less occupied by speculative growth. The perfect place to lay off and enjoy.

The program was divided in three levels: a underground garage with games room and patio on the first level, main living-room, kitchen, and office on the ground level, and bedroom on the top level.

When a design paradigm becomes clear, intrinsic coherence be- comes one of the stronger outcome aspects and some sort of composition grammar emerges helping us to decide what is the right direction to solve livability issues.

Seen from distance the house evidentiates its clear geometric composition. The growing form, almost spartan and unobstructed by openings, give it a sculptural dimension as if it’s true purpose was solely the affirmation of a thought.

This apparent simplicity creates a unique relation to the natural environment that subsists in the form of a huge variety of small autochthon vegetation.

The affirmative values of close relationship with the environment and clear conceptual purposes give little room for attention to the traditional appropriation of space normally accomplished with formal solutions usually full of colonial desire for exhibition of wealth trough ornament, creating therefore the house a strong and healthy antagony with it’s neighbours..