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Among the pines trees, a stone plateau is drawn to a scale that can no longer be understood as a courtyard.
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The space embraces a wide area of trees. The house and its services define a recognizable solid border.
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The interior of this boundary is inhabitable and characterized by light.
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The more open side of the house creates a water tank through the connection of geometries.
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A space that embraces its context is created through this closed extension. Source by Aires Mateus.
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- Localization: Grandola, Alentejo, Portugal
- Architects: Aires Mateus
- Authors: Manuel E Francisco Aires Mateus
- Project Leader: Maria Rebelo Pinto
- Colaborators: Vânia Fernandes, Maria Bello, Bernardo Sousa
- Engineer: Axial
- Constructor: Mateus Frazão
- Surface Area: 750.80 sqm
- Builting Area: 633.00 sqm
- Site Area: 180000 sqm
- Year: 2015
- Photographs: Juan Rodriguez, Courtesy of Aires Mateus
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