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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

House in Tavira, Portugal by Vitor Vilhena Architects

December 14th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Vitor Vilhena Architects

Context

South of Portugal, Algarve, Tavira. Here the ocean peeks, while the 400 olive trees surround the house. An old building has to give place to a new one, keeping the twovolume – footprint in the soft topography.

Image Courtesy Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography

Architects: Vitor Vilhena Architects
Project: House in Tavira
Location: Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
Area: 400 sqm.
Total cost: 1.3M Euro
Started: 2011
Finished: 2012
Photography: Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography

Image Courtesy Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography

Solution

Based on the area occupied by the pre-existence, maintaining the orientation of the housing compartments south, the architectural concept seeks to create two parcels with separate identities, including one volume with irregular geometry and other volume of regular geometry that communicate through a glass hallway. The surrounding outdoors relate to the terrain, landscape and vegetation.

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Tags: Portugal, Tavira

Category: House

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