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LUX, Praia da Barra, Ílhavo, Portugal by Mário Alves Arquiteto

Project name:
LUX
Architecture firm:
Mário Alves Arquiteto
Location:
Praia da Barra, Ílhavo, Portugal
Photography:
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect:
Mário Alves
Design team:
Built area:
3881 m²
Site area:
Design year:
Completion year:
2022
Interior design:
Collaborators:
Civil engineer:
Structural engineer:
Environmental & MEP:
Landscape:
Lighting:
Construction:
Ponto Urbano – Consultores Imobiliários lda
Supervision:
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Budget:
Undisclosed
Client:
Private
Status:
Completed
Typology:
Residential Architecture › Apartments

Mário Alves Arquiteto: The land is located between the beginning of the urban tissue and of Barra beach´s dunes - Ilhavo, given its location, the project is based on absorbing all the  characteristics present in the place, personifying the horizontality present in the horizon line is the concept for the building, which translates into the blades created around the main  body. In this way, the volume created seeks an elevation and design relationship in order to give continuity to the existing urban fabric. In order for there to be harmony between the  new and the place, the building seeks to absorb the predominant textures and tones in its materiality.

The ocher concrete of the sheets and the green of the zinc show the color of the  sand and vegetation, thus molding the building to the place. The sea and natural light are predominant elements both outside and inside the building, its opening to the horizon defines the projection of the design lines.


By Alfredo Gonzalez

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