Article source: Pereira Miguel Arquitectos

House for a Buddhist – Monchique

In the hills of Monchique, between ups and downs, taking advantage of an extraordinary situation is this single-storey house. Set in a southern slope, with access by small and winding tar road, lies over one of several existing terraces that tear the steep slope into small cultivable levels.

It is in this scenario that one arrives to contemplate all the open view towards the Algarve coast and sea. The small hills are diluted as the distance increases and the entire path of the sun is visible from the edge of the pool.

Image Courtesy © FG+SG- Fernando Guerra

• Architects: Pereira Miguel Arquitectos
• Project: House in Monchique
• Location: Monchique, Portugal
• Photography: FG+SG- Fernando Guerra
• Coordination: Filipe Martins Correia (Architect) and Luís Pereira Miguel (Architect)
• Collaborators: Mafalda Mena (Architect)
• Engineering: LNM engenharia civil (concrete structure)
• Contractor: Paviana Construções, Lda
• Suppliers: Jofebar; Pur Nature; Hawa; Gyrofocus; Fabri; WaterWorks by Sanibanho
• Gross built Area: 350 m²
  
• Project Year: 2015
• Completion Year: 2018

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