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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. 3000 House in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal by Rebelo de AndradeApril 23rd, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Rebelo de Andrade Herdade da Considerada is a tract of arid land with 500 hectares, about seven kilometres from Alcácer do Sal, dotted with cork oaks and umbrella pines. The resulting landscape is uniform in every direction and, as the architect Luís Rebelo de Andrade found on a preliminary visit, it is easier to lose your car at Herdade da Considerada than in a supermarket carpark.  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography
 Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography This experience led to a key idea that informed the entire project: in the absence of geodesic markers – which nature did not offer Herdade da Considerada – it is architecture that takes the place of the reference points that from time immemorial has guided man, complementing the landscape with a building that is overwhelmingly visible. The house itself and the farm building were designed to minimise building times and costs and to privilege energy sustainability. The solar panels and thermal collectors produce more energy than the house consumes, for this house is averse to energy wastage.  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography With its gable roof, doors and windows, the exterior design of the house seems as childlike as the drawings children produce even before primary school. This apparent simplicity is actually based on the collective and romantic imagery we all share: the house on the prairie, the life of the pioneers and settlers of the American Far West, so often depicted in westerns and which live on in our constitutive memory, in spite of the time and of the intentional awareness we might have about them.  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © João Guimarães – JG Photography  Image Courtesy © Rebelo de Andrade  Image Courtesy © Rebelo de Andrade
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