The project affects a property, in the bedroom drawer, which was the subject of a previous demolition of an old 2-story building, formerly intended for habitation. The property is an integral part of the intramural urban fabric of Lagos, in front of the Church of S. Sebastião.
Architecture firm
Mário Martins Atelier
Photography
Fernando Guerra / FG+SG
Principal architect
Mário Martins
Design team
Rita Rocha, Sónia Fialho, Susana Caetano, Susana Jóia, Ana Graça
Structural engineer
Nuno Grave Engenharia
Construction
Marques Antunes Engenharia Lda
Typology
Residential › House
Elliptical House is the result of an idea based on a geometric shape and a volume sculpted by the landscape. A balance was sought between fullness and emptiness, weight and airiness, light and shade, or the object and its image. It is a relationship between the real and the imagined, between physical and virtual spaces which are guessed at, to com...
Project name
Casa Elíptica (Elliptical House)
Architecture firm
Mário Martins Atelier
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Photography
Principal architect
Mário Martins
Design team
Sónia Fialho, Rui Duarte, Nuno Colaço, Sara Silva, Rui Santos
Collaborators
Window Glasses: Guardia; Window Frames: Cortizo; Sanitary Ware: Catalano, Sanindusa, Grohe; Kitchen: J.Dias; Carpentry: Eduardo Martins&filho, Lda.
Structural engineer
Raiz Engenharia, Lda.
Construction
Ilha&Ilha, Lda
Typology
Residential › House
