Casa Libre by Mário Martins Atelier

Mário Martins Atelier: The name “Casa Libre” is the choice of the owners who worked with our team and who shared their dreams and desires for their permanent home. And why this name for the house? The “house” as a home, around a cosy patio and “Libre” for its transparency, lightness and space of freedom, both architecturally and in actual living. In a particularly interesting location, on a sunny hillside overlooking the bay Lagos, in Portugal, the house is designed around a central patio which means there are two different ways of living: facing in due to the privacy of the patio and then open to the south, where the view leads to that line where the sea and sky merge, through the transparency of the wide glazed area, which acquires more meaning due to the contrast of the exposed concrete’s opacity, which sets the limit, cuts into the building and continues through the interior. The roof is accessible, to appreciate the green space that surrounds it and connects it to a garden, which is intended to be very simple and natural. The house, instead of being imposing, allows itself to be taken over by the garden, a living element that grows and changes with the seasons. This also encourages an outdoor experience that goes beyond the limits of the building. Or better still, the house flows out to the garden which appears to want to surround and enter the house. Project name: Casa Libre (Libre House) Architecture firm: Mário Martins Atelier Location: Lagos, Portugal Photography: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Photography Principal architect: Mário Martins Design team: Tiago Martins; Sónia Fialho; André Coutinho; Hugo Correia; Mariana Franco; Susana Jóia Collaborators: Interior design: Built area: 416 m² Site area: Design year: Completion year: 2022 Civil engineer: Structural engineer: Raiz Engenharia Environmental & MEP: Landscape: HB-Hipolito Bettencourt-Arquitectura Paisagista, Lda. Lighting: Supervision: Visualization: Tools used: Revit Construction: Ilha & Ilha lda. Material: Budget: Undisclosed Client: Private Status: Built Typology: Residential › House, Single Family House