Murtal House-Cascais

Located in a consolidated residential area, the lot is confined between other lots, already occupied with singular houses, and a vacant lot to the south.

Although empty the plot does not show a pronounced topography, only a few rocky outcrops, with much degraded rocks, precluding their use.

The project is based on the program required by the client. A house for four people, with a dependency for guests, with independent access to the dwelling itself. The building has two floors above the ground for housing and a floor below ground for garage and storage.

With a simple and clear morphology, the building is a single volume whose voids announce the entrance to the house. Given the existing walls that present a significant height, there was a need to open up the ground floor in contrast to the “enclosure” that might arise with the construction. This way the building is crossed by two horizontal axes (north-south) and (east-west) at the ground floor allowing the creation of visual axes that cross the building and announce what lies beyond it.

Client: António Braz Project Year:2012 Phase: Under construction