House in Monsaraz

摘要

Faced with the boundless extent of the Alqueva lake, the house requires a center: a protected courtyard embracing the water. It uses the terrain to form a dome that covers the social areas and is the living center of the house. An inverted dome intersects it and creates an opening that lights the space, and shapes its precise geometry and limits. The bedrooms open onto circular patios. Amid a vast natural landscape, the scale of the house is that of the patios and overhead dome. They are the sole visible elements, painted in radiant white.