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House in Monsaraz
© João Guimarães

House in Monsaraz

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Faced with the boundless extents of the Alqueva lake, the house requires a centre: a protected courtyard embracing the water. It uses the terrain to cast a dome that covers the social areas and is the life centre of the house. An inverted dome intersects it and creates an opening that lights the space, shaping its precise geometry and limits. The bedrooms open onto circular patios. Amid a wide natural landscape, the scale of the house is that of the patios and superior dome. They are the sole visible elements, painted in radiant white.

photo_credit © João Guimarães
© João Guimarães
photo_credit © Rui Cardoso
© Rui Cardoso
photo_credit © João Guimarães
© João Guimarães
photo_credit © Rui Cardoso
© Rui Cardoso
photo_credit © João Guimarães
© João Guimarães
photo_credit © João Guimarães
© João Guimarães
photo_credit © João Guimarães
© João Guimarães
photo_credit © Rui Cardoso
© Rui Cardoso
photo_credit © Rui Cardoso
© Rui Cardoso
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