ARX Architecture
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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This is the second project for the urbanization of the Aroeira's golf course, a field of lawns, sand zones and lakes, and in this case, also a pine tree area. The terrain is narrow and long, slightly triangulated and with a soft inclination alongside the lot. It is also densely occupied by large pines, which end suddenly at north by the immediate vicinity of the golf course.
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Photo © Courtesy of FG + SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura
The house consists on three continuous bodies, articulated by two patios. The first body, a ground floor, is longitudinal to the entrance and is used as garage and working area. The second is transversal and comprises the common life of the house, the kitchen and living-rooms, overlapped in two storeys, opening up to the landscape. The last one is once again longitudinal and a one-floor body, now in suspension, and comprises the bedroom area.
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Photo © Courtesy of FG + SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura
The two patios are layered in white manufactured tile, the first one destined to a service usage and the second one, of double height, complements the living-room ambiance with a gardened mirror pool.
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Photo © Courtesy of FG + SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura
The house design has specially centred on the relationship it establishes with the topography and the distant landscape
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It has assumed a serpentine shape, sliding across the slope, leaning whether to one longitudinal limit or the other, therefore assuring privacy where needed and allowing the enjoyment of the landscape when wanted.
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At the same time the natural curve of land goes down, the roof goes up, and the house shifts from a ground-based situation to a floating one, supported by the delicate metal columns and drawing a trail across the garden down to the pool.
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
Photo © Courtesy of Telmo Miller
basement plan--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture 
ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture
northwest elevation--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture
long. section--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture
concept model--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture
model--drawing Courtesy of ARX Architecture
The people
Architecture: ARX PORTUGAL, Arquitectos Lda. - Nuno Mateus, José Mateus
Project Team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Marco Roque Antunes, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro
Structure Engineering: SAFRE, Projectos e Estudos de Engenharia Lda.
Address: Plot 180, Aroeira Golf, Caparica, Portugal
Project: 2000-03
Construction: 2004-07
Gross construction area: 640 m2
Photography: photos copyright Daniel Malhão
Photographs: Telmo Miller
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