这座房子位于埃斯托里尔（Estoril）的一个特色街区，它起源于夏季的占领，并沿着所谓的太阳海岸的边缘扩展。这是一个正交的网格，有密集的衔接，狭窄的街道和小规模的地块。
The house is located in one of the so characteristic Estoril neighborhoods that had their origin in a summer occupation and expanded along the edge of the so called Costa do Sol. It is an orthogonal grid, with dense articulation, narrow streets and small scale plots.
这座房子与客户有私人关系：它代表了一个在世界各地居住过的家庭的一生的旅程。
The house has a personal relation with the Client: it represents the journey of a lifetime of a family that has lived in several places around the world.
这个想法与克服邻居建筑的盲墙所造成的障碍的需要相结合，导致了从土地上寻找光线和东边的山谷和南边的大海的禁欲运动。
This idea combined with the need to overcome the obstacle created by the blind wall of the neighbor building, resulted in an ascetic movement from the land that searches the light and views of the valley in the east and the sea to the south.
这条围绕天井的长廊贯穿了房子的不同时刻：底层天井、社交区（客厅、餐厅和厨房）、私人区（房间和办公室）和一个露台，包括一个屋顶花园。
This promenade around the patio runs through different moments of the house: the ground floor patio, the social area (living room, dining room and kitchen), private area (rooms and offices) and a terrace, including a roof top garden.
正是这条路线延伸到房子里，定义了整个内部和外部空间。这种持续运动的天井结果是画廊坡道，并通过半层楼的高度定义了两个不同的海拔体积，彼此分开。
It is the extension of this route into the house that defines the entire inner and outer space. The patio result of this continued movement gallery ramp and are defined two distinct altimetric volumes separated from each other through half floor height.
Architects: Antonio Costa Lima Arquitectos
Area: 283 m²
Year: 2016
Photographs: Francisco Nogueira
Manufacturers: Bisazza, DYRUP, Sosoares, Weber, CASTAN, LOCK
Architect In Charge:António Costa Lima
Design Team:André Ribeiro, João Almeida
City:Estoril
Country:Portugal