Casa Vale de Margem
Casa Vale de Margem

Casa Vale de Margem

Some houses are made to be looked at others to be lived in and others again to be walked on

Casa Vale de Margem - beautiful white modern farmhouse architecture design in Algarve
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Once a farmhouse, tucked into the rural Algarve and surrounded by the luscious vegetation of a natural reserve, is now a conceptual space tuned in with the land topography and flooded with light and air.  Roof therapy should be the next trend, crossing spacial boundaries is liberating, empowering, and challenging. This’s probably why the roof of Casa Vale do Margem is walkable.

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Featured on Dezeen 13, July 2015
Featured on Architizer 2, December 2015

 

Casa Vale de Margem - Algarvian modern farmhouse architecture exterior façade design
Casa Vale de Margem - Algarvian modern farmhouse outdoor white façade architecture design with minimal lines
Casa Vale de Margem - white exterior architecture minimal line of a modern farmhouse in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - custom-made window design with old floor outdoor tiles modern farmhouse Algarve

The entire house

is about movement

Casa Vale de Margem - a woman wearing a black closet walking outside with a white modern farmhouse in the background in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - modern farmhouse modern walkable rooftop with Santa Caterina floor tiles looking at the greenery landscape in a sunny day in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - modern walkable rooftop with Santa Caterina floor tiles looking at the greenery landscape in a sunny day in Algarve

Stepping from one room to another is an escalation of geometrical perfection, the additional wing gave sinuosity to the structure and a long external retaining wall marked the transition between the land and the building. The priority of the studio intervention was to integrate the building with the surrounding open countryside harmoniously, a sea of almond trees under a cloudless sky, preserving the space and enhancing the blessed natural setup was the winning combination of this ambitious project.

Casa Vale de Margem - minimal outdoor indoor design spaces of a modern farmhouse in Algarve

Large glazed sliding elements connect the fluid open-plan interior with the contrastingly rugged external areas and natural locally sourced materials have been used to build the retaining wall and the floors.

Casa Vale de Margem - modern Algarvian farmhouse window interior design and a hallway with an old tiles floor
Casa Vale de Margem - interior architecture design of an old renewed farmhouse in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - minimal farmhouse renovation with old terracotta tiles for the staircase

Some houses are made
to be looked at

others to be lived in
and others again

to be walked on

Casa Vale de Margem - landscape design with native plants and old bricks as main wall in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - the minimal white facade of a country chic farmhouse in Algarve
Casa Vale de Margem - a woman standing on the rooftop of a modern white façade farmhouse in Algarve, Portugal
Galeria Vasco da Gama 26 - art gallery hallway from the street
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