Get into nature. Cork Oak House by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos

11/12/2020. [Celorico de Basto] Portugal
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ

The Cork Oak House with a area of almost 12,000 square meters has been designed by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos, in Celorico de Basto, an environment with natural protection, where the house is presented as a place for the conservation of different species of cork oak that have a great value in the Lusitanian territory.

The environment and the landscape are what will determine both the design and the distribution of uses of the house that is located in Braga, north of Portugal. A single-family home whose fundamental element will be transparency, from all rooms and rooms you can see the outside.

The project is integrated with the place. A prismatic volume that has different slopes as the terrain suffers. The house seeks to look outside.

Cork Oak House by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio

Cork Oak House by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio

Ground floor plan. Cork Oak House by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos

First floor plan. Cork Oak House by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos

Hugo Pereira Arquitetos has projected the Cork Oak House where the environment and the visual impression on the user will be the main element for the design of the project. From the moment you enter the house, you cannot omit the exterior, it is entered and integrates perfectly with the house.

There is a strong contrast between the color and the use of the concrete walls versus the permeability in the use of glass that allows you to enjoy the views of the cork oak forests of Celorico de Basto. The house is developed around a garden with a saltwater pool.

The artificial lighting of the project seeks to be as less aggressive as possible, the architects understand and know how to respect the nature of the place, light pollution could destroy or spoil the atmosphere of the place.

Description of project by Hugo Pereira Arquitetos

The objective of the project was the construction of a single family house on a plot of extraordinary morphological characteristics, which remained almost intact and unchanged. The land, with approximately 12 thousand square meters, is located in an area of natural protection due to the existence of several cork oak trees, where the implantation of the house allowed the maintenance of all the existing trees.

The development of this project took into account the strong relationship with nature, making it an integral part of the house and a key element in the enhancement of interior spatiality. The natural environment and the panorama that is enjoyed were the decisive elements for its construction. The lightness of this construction is accentuated by the details and environments related to each other, and the mixture of green of the various trees and shrubs, a constant presence in any space of the house.

The choice of construction elements was defined taking into account the visual impression caused and the framing in the surroundings. The outside of the house is all built in concrete with the traditional process using pine wood boards and with the stereotomy designed according to the scale of the surfaces and the whole set. The slope on the façades suggests the continuity of the land, disguising the house in the ground and in nature also by choosing the color, whose tonality allows to highlight the green of the surroundings.

The concrete walls remain inside the house contrasting with the glass walls that allow abundant natural light, from east to west, and the nature that abounds on the outside, whether as large trees or shrubs that flavor the environment and attract magnificent species of insects. Inside the house, there are big and bright spaces, the kitchen opens into the dining and living room. On the perpendicular are the three suites and on the upper floor a wide and panoramic space. The floor is covered in black tiles, continuing the external patios, both on the roof and on the ground floor. The dark tint of the pavement contrasts with the wood of two key elements: the flowing, suspended furniture that runs through the kitchen, dining room and living room and whose asymmetry is similar to the house and the furniture in the corridor, also suspending, that starts a tone end and “tearing” the door to the master suite. The existing pieces of furniture and the decorative elements were carefully chosen and framed in the architecture of the house.

The access to the house is by a Portuguese granite road that goes around the cork oak trees and ends into the asymmetrical flap of a great volumetry that gives grandellinence to the entrance of the house. The lighting was strategically placed in a less aggressive and artificial way. The narrow pool, with salt and crystalline water, is a space of excellence for contemplating nature with the birds chirping as background noise.

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Architects

Hugo Pereira Arquitetos.

Design team

Main Architects.- Hugo Pereira, Diogo Jordão.

Area

Ground floor Area.- 12,000 sqm. House.- 330 sqm.

Dates

2020.

Location

Celorico de Basto, Braga, Portugal.

Photography

Ivo Tavares Studio.

Hugo Pereira. Hugo Pereira Arquitetos

The architecture studio Hugo Pereira Arquitetos was created in 2009 and is based in Celorico de Basto, in the Braga district, north of Portugal. Its architecture combines different factors and concepts that make each project unique and unmatched. More important than designing something new is designing something timeless.

Hugo Pereira Arquitetos has a cohesive and enthusiastic team of collaborators in the areas of Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Civil Engineering, Management, and Consulting.

The studio coordinates and directs all phases of the project's development from the preliminary study, preliminary design, project execution, design, and construction, always with the concern of responding satisfactorily to the needs of the clients, using a contemporary language and with evident environmental concerns. and economical.

Each project is unique, tailored to the client, and with the guarantee of continuous communication so that dreams come true and create unique sensations. It stands out for carrying out attractive and interesting projects, satisfying the needs of the client while making the nature of its intervention a participant, where it represents a fundamental factor in its design. Among his projects to be highlighted is La Casa dos Sobreiros in Celorico de Basto, the House in Arnoia, the House in Ribas, or the House Bela Vista, where the game of heights evokes different sensations in the user, among others.

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