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Brutalist Desert Oasis

A monolithic concrete refuge carved into the arid landscape, holding shade, water, and silence.

Brutalist Desert Oasis, Alentejo, Portugal
Year
2024
Area
460 m²
Status
Completed
Category
Residential
Client
Private
Location
Alentejo, Portugal

Overview

Set within an unforgiving desert plain, the house is conceived as a single board-formed concrete mass, split by a cool internal courtyard that gathers shade and a thin sheet of water.

Deep openings frame the horizon while shielding the interior from the low sun. The raw concrete is left to record the grain of its timber formwork, ageing slowly with the land around it.

Materials

  • Board-formed concrete
  • Travertine
  • Smoked oak
  • Blackened steel
Brutalist Desert Oasis plan and section drawing
Plan · Section — Brutalist Desert Oasis

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