Hypostyle House / Miguel Marcelino

In a rural area in Pedrógão Grande, our client bought, in early 2017, a beautiful green plot of land with some ruined buildings. In June of that year, a fire of devastating proportions destroyed the flora of the land and the surrounding area. This dramatic change of the landscape, in turn, made very clear the topography tamed by a system of terraces, bringing to mind the Douro wine region or, further away, the Inca agricultural terraces in Peru.

Hypostyle House / Miguel Marcelino
© Archive Miguel Marcelino (photo by Lourenço T. Abreu) © Archive Miguel Marcelino (photo by Lourenço T. Abreu)
  • architects: Miguel Marcelino
  • Location: Aldeia das Freiras, 3270 Pedrógão Grande, Portugal
  • Project Year: 2022
  • Photographs: Archive Miguel Marcelino (photo by Lourenço T. Abreu)
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Archive Miguel Marcelino

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