Located on the Santa Luzia waterfront, this multifamily building was conceived as a summer retreat, meeting the challenge of creating four independent apartments on a narrow plot marked by a simple, single-storey pre-existing structure.
Santa Luzia
Swimming pool, ambiance
The uncovered exterior staircase core organizes the circulation and culminates on the rooftop, where a shared swimming pool offers an uninterrupted view over the lagoon.
The organization of the original façade was preserved as an urban reference, maintaining the single-storey scale and the alignment of the openings. For those walking along the street, the perception remains similar to the pre-existing structure, although its function is now merely apparent: behind it, the entrance, garage, and a garden are arranged, turning it into a kind of stage façade that ensures the continuity of the pedestrian block. The new volume rises within the plot, physically independent from the pre-existing structure. It develops in cantilever on the upper floors, through a play of projections and recesses that made it possible to accommodate the apartments and their respective outdoor spaces, always oriented towards the Ria Formosa, reinforcing the privileged relationship with the landscape.
Façade, detail
Façade, detail
Location, Santa Luzia, Tavira
Client, Private
Area, 630 m2
Phase, Built
Year, 2019-2024
Architecture, Fragmentos
Architecture partnership, Rui Grego
Specialities, E+Nergia, Protecna e Eng.ª Filomena Patrício
Supervision, Eng.º Fernando Bagulho
Project Manager, Eng.º Miguel Oliveira
Measurements, Gandara
Photography, Adalberto Duarte
Façade, street view
The sober materiality, the predominance of white, and the volumetry draw on references from Mediterranean architecture, ensuring integration within the context while simultaneously asserting a contemporary language.
Intervation area, aerial view
Main façade, street view
Swipe
Façade, pre-existence
Circulation area
Living room, ambiance
Kitchen, ambiance
Private toilet, ambiance
Master suite
Main entrance
Main façade, aerial view
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