Article source: Bernardo Rodrigues

House on the flight of birds.

The house is located in the north side of S. Michael Island in the Azores. The microclimate of this farmland offers frequent wind and showers so the first design strategy was to block with a wall those winds, offer diverse patios and covered courtyards on the groundfloor protected from rain and open all living space to the natural green around by glass walls receded from the experior. On the upper-floor there’s the private rooms more enclosed and protected.

Night View (Images Courtesy Iwan Baan)

• Architect: Bernardo Rodrigues
• Name of Project: House on the Flight of Birds
• Location: Ribeira Grande, Portugal
• Preliminary Study: James Grainger, Pedro Mosca, Natacha Viveiros: Execution: Nelson Ferreira, Ye Xuanyong, Vasco Melo, Laura von Dellemann, Alexandra Balona; Work: Adriana Massague, Rita Breda, Ana Soares, Jessica Silva, Sofia Cordeiro, Raquel Fernandes Elena Archipovait Marcello Zahr
• Secretariat: Ana Carneiro, Patricia Franco, Andrea Trevisan
• Photographs: Iwan Baan

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