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Architects: Aires Mateus
- Area: 633 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®
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Text description provided by the architects. Among the pines trees, a stone plateau is drawn to a scale that can no longer be understood as a courtyard. The space embraces a wide area of trees.
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The house and its services define a recognizable solid border. 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. A space that embraces its context is created through this closed extension.
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