Casa Elíptica | Mário Martins Atelier

Designed by Mário Martins Atelier, Casa Elíptica House is the result of an idea. It is based on a geometric shape and a volume sculpted by the landscape.

Photography by © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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.

Photography by © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

With its elliptical base, the house is deliberately sculptural and organic. It is shaped by the wind and the sea that wants to embrace the wide floating oval which subtly delimits the central patio of the house.
It is important to establish a subtle connection with the house next to it, to the east. A contemporary, dynamic balance was reached, and the same intense white is used in practically all the houses on this gentle, sunny slope.

It is in this ambiance that the house should be experienced, without being aware of where the house begins and ends. The fluidity and lightness of its organic design reflect natural shapes, thus defining the house architecturally in its natural setting. And that is the intention for when the building work is completed.

Photography by © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Project Info:
Architects: Mário Martins Atelier
Location: Luz, 8600, Portugal
Area: 400.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Manufacturers: DAIKIN, Grohe, Guardian Glass, Texsa, J. Dias, Cortizo, Catalano, Beissier, Sanindusa, Technoloje, Cifre cerâmicas, Chainlight, Sonnenkraft
Project Name: Casa Elíptica