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Villa Além

A house in the landscape with a mild and dry climate. The project is located in Alentejo, about 10 km from the coast with the Atlantic Ocean, in an area of mountainous countryside filled with beautiful old cork oaks.
  • Location Alentejo
  • Architecture Project Valerio Olgiati. Collaborators: Patricia da Silva (project manager office Olgiati), Daisuke Kokufuda, Liviu Vasiu
  • Year of Construction 2014
  • General Contractor Matriz Sociedade de Construções Lda.
About Villa Além

The entire project is built with a slightly reddish site-mixed exposed concrete.

The main intention was to create a sheltered garden. The surrounding walls are 5.5m high to provide the necessary shade and create the overall impression of a dry, stony and dusty desert.

 

The character of the ensemble is essentially defined by the surrounding walls, which create the impression of petals that close and open up to the sky. The house itself is invisible and is laid out on a single floor, behind the walls that surround it.

 

The living room is located at the end of a rigid axis running from north to south. Facing the pool, it also offers a view of a flat, empty landscape through the south door in the garden wall. A curved corridor allows residents to take refuge in the shade and in private interior rooms.