LuxMare Houses | Mário Martins Atelier

HOUSES•LAGOS, PORTUGAL
Architects: Mário Martins Atelier
Year: 2019
Photographs: Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, Astralpool, Barbot, Daikin,
Grohe, J.Dias, Valadares, Cristalmax, EFM, Lagopórtico, OHM, Portas,

Revestimento Paredes, Revestimento Pavimentos, Roupeiros, Technoloje
Products used in this Project
liding Systems – Hi-Finity®
WINDOWS
Window Systems – SlimLine 38
Reynaers Aluminium
Window Systems – SlimLine 38
Colaborations:Nuno Colaço; Kirsti Oygarden; Rui Duarte; Sónia

Fialho; Mariana Franco
Builder:Lagopórtico, Lda
City:Lagos
Country:Portugal

“Lux mare” means “light of the sea” and the name was chosen because

of the light that the ocean, which extends as far as the eye can

see, reflects.
This is because of its unique location and view.

The surrounding area is comprised of isolated houses, most of which

were built in the 1970s with gardens around them. The two large

plots had a two-floor dwelling in a very poor state of repair and

another unfinished construction that is in the wrong place with the

wrong size. This means that new constructions are the best solution

to re-establish some balance and quality that the site deserves.

The two new houses are supposed to be two individual parts of a set,

two autonomous pieces that complement one another, two separate

continents, where the contours clearly show the previous

coexistence, or the union of two different people or an evocation of

love through architecture. The slightly curved shapes suggest this

connection, but the differences between them emphasize the

individuality of each building.

The Casa Mare, the front one, is built on a lower level and

submerges into the garden as it is completely surrounded by

vegetation, while the Casa Lux, behind it, benefits from its

fantastic location.

The houses snuggle down into the landscape without drawing attention

to themselves. The only thing that is clearly visible is the

horizontal glazed frontages that provide a frame for the different

views of the almost perfect symbiosis: the surrounding greenery, the

steep cliff, the wide-open sea and the sky.

The voids in the buildings, with special attention for the wavy

iconographic void and the use of wood are a tribute to one of the

greatest architects of the XX century, Alvar Aalto and the Nordic

design, where the client comes from. It is a quest for a symbiosis

between the crudest architectural culture of the South and the

elegance of Northern European design, so that the house is both the

origin and the destination.

The simple lines, the uniformity and the plasticity of the white

plaster and the balance of the resources and the design are factors

that should become a benchmark in responsible architecture.

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Music by : Bensound – Ukulele

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