House Studio in Castelo de Vide / Atelier LandauerSave this picture! Tiago Casanova, Alan LevittWorkshop, HousesCastelo de Vide, PortugalArchitects: Atelier LandauerAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:130 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Tiago Casanova, Alan LevittMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Located on the western edge of Portugal's Serra de Sao Mamede, the site offers a slightly overhanging view over the Alentejo plain. A flat alley set between two large granite massifs gives access to the house. It's extended by a natural ramp at the foot of an imposing rock. The house-studio is perfectly oriented on the North-South axis.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Built by local craftsmen, the walls are made of the same granite as the rock on which they stand. There are no lintels on the faades: for each opening, the walls are interrupted all the way to the top, revealing, at a constant height, the rim of the upper concrete slab. To preserve the protective presence of the stone, the pipes have been placed inside. Rainwater is collected in a cistern beneath the house.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The house studio has been designed as a group of rooms. Each of these rooms refers to a primitive archetype: a dolmen, a menhir, a megaron, a partially covered enclosure. The dolmen - a long, linear room - links the three other rooms. It has been compressed to its maximum width. Bordered by stones on both sides, the interstices between the rooms create an incompressible gap between the thresholds. Each time you move from one room to the next, you can also consider leaving the house.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Between the thick granite walls of each room, low-profile slabs convert the interstices into solar chimneys. Direct openings to these volumes of warm, west-facing air are provided at the top of the rooms. Adjustable louvers modulate the convective movement of the air entering through the northern faades. This principle is entirely passive and works even when the house studio is unoccupied.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeAtelier LandauerOfficePublished on January 05, 2025Cite: "House Studio in Castelo de Vide / Atelier Landauer" 05 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025250/house-studio-in-castelo-de-vide-atelier-landauer&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream