Article source: MAYER & SELDERS ARQUITECTURA

With its genesis on a preexisting ruin of a single storey house built in local basalt stone masonry, Casa Atlântico put forward its transformation. The existing walls were, thus, the anchor point of the intervention, now converted into an exterior patio, a negative space within the new construction. The objective is now to occupy two levels of dwelling space, where a main house and two independent studios are layout, all benefiting with privileged views facing west towards the ocean, and to the surrounding natural and rural scenery. The U-shaped volumetric arrangement of the house emphasizes these views in an integrated and fluid approach, without imposing itself drastically.

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• Architects: MAYER & SELDERS ARQUITECTURA (Sonia Santos)
• Project: Casa Atlântico
• Location: Ribeira Brava, Portugal
• Photography: Dirk Mayer
  
• Lead Architects: Dirk Mayer, Susanne Selders
• Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): 231 m2
• Completion Year: 2019

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