The monastery of Santa Maria de Flor da Rosa or Monastery of the Order of the hospital of Flor da Rosa is an imposing monument of the 14th century, founded in 1356. Located in the village of Flor da Rosa,… Read More »Monastery of Santa Maria de Flor da Rosa
RULES: Meditation on individual housing and common life; the horizon; the way; comfortable appointment; tiredness. Architecture as protection and complicity. The moment with form and substance. Fondamentalisation of the notion of materiality and of importance in the definition of the… Read More »Refuge for Pilgrims on the Road of Santiago de Compostela
Rules: Limits of the implantation area.Use reinforced concrete plans as structuring element and qualifier, with a thickness of 0.20.Openings made by leaving the plans.Maximum height integrated in the enclosure.Definition and clear characterization of the transition spaces between the exterior and the… Read More »Study Center and Occupation of Leisure Time
Architect: The Aires Mateus brothers (Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus.) Location: Alenquer, near Lisbon (Portugal) The project was developed between 1999 and 2002, but could have been thought yesterday, given the current relevance of the concept and the materials used.… Read More »The House in Alenquer
Architect: Eduardo Souto de Moura Location: Ponte de Lima, Portugal These two houses in Ponte de Lima, in the north of the country, are among the first projects of Eduardo SOUTO DE MOURA, after leaving the cabinet of Alvaro SIZA.… Read More »Two Houses in Ponte de Lima