“Sky of a fainting blue – beneath, a slap of whitewash. Reverberation of sun and the bluest blue, the whitest white. Cubes, geometric lines, animal light that trembles and vibrates like the wings of a cicada.”
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                Raul Brandao in “Os pescadores”

Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS


Empty plots of similar shapes and sizes are aligned along a golf course, setting a frame for new urbanization of detached houses.
Nothing was built.

Due to the degree of uncertainty regarding future constructions, the house becomes introverted.

Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS


Two white walls (almost) completely withdraw any direct contact from future neighbors, setting clear boundaries.

Between them, an architectural inner landscape of cubic shapes, each arranging a single function, provides a sense of security and protection while carefully framing the distant landscape.

Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS

Only a horizontal volume, containing the swimming pool, contradicts this logic projecting itself to the South, emerging from the walls to offer a possibility of volunteered exposure, for a brief moment, before returning to the house.

Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
Between Two White Walls, Corpo Atelier, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2017, minimalism
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS
CORPO ATELIER – BETWEEN TWO WHITE WALLS

Plans:

 

Facts & Credits:

Architecture: Corpo Atelier 
Team: Filipe Paixao, Rui Martins, Nicolo Martin
Typology: Single House
Location: Vilamoura,  Portugal
Year: 2017
Constructor: Window to the Future
Photography: Ricardo Oliveira Alves 

 

Check this amazing Wooden Structure Inside Stone Walls, also designed by Corpo Atelier, which was shortlisted for the “Portuguese Wood Architecture Award” !

 


SOURCE: All texts and drawings  via CORPO ATELIER | Images provided by RICARDO OLIVEIRA ALVES
Links: Visit Corpo Atelier WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM

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