House in Magoito

São João das Lampas, Sintra, PT . 2003 - 2009

House in Magoito, Azenhas do Mar
São João das Lampas, Sintra, PT . 2003 - 2009

Located in Sintra’s Natural Park, the house aims to recognize and respond to limits of the plot and the surrounding territory. Interpreting them while responding to the given domestic program.

The house is stretch along the plot and all the domestic life is organized around a courtyard facing south, from the road one discovers 3 consecutive areas: the courtyards, the social spaces and, finally, the rooms.

The house is a solid that seats on top of a set of walls that redefine the topography, creating courtyards and gardens like open air living rooms, unexposed to the wind.


Inês Lobo , João Belo Rodeia with João Rosário, Rita Zina, Pedro Oliveira, Pedro Carta, Julia Varela, João Vaz, Sérgio Pereira e Sónia Ribeiro
Structures: AFA Engenheiros Consultores; Pedro Morujão
Hydraulic Installations: AFA Engenheiros Consultores; Paulo Silva
Electrical Installations,Telecommunication and Security: Ruben Sobral
Heating, Ventilation, Building Physics, Thermic and Acoustics: NaturalWorks; Guilherme Carrilho da Graça
Landscape Architecture: Global Arquitectura Paisagista Lda, João Gomes da Silva
Construction Company: Eugénio Reis

Photographer: Leonardo Finotti

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