Alcountins House lot.4 by GGLL

Architecture: Gabriela Gonçalves + Leonel Lopes 

Location: Lisboa

Year: 2007

Program: Housing

Team: Filipe Nunes, Frederico Gomes, Gary Barber, 

Hugo Salvador,José Doroana, Miguel Malaquias 

Construction: Quintans construções 

Photography: FG+SG 

The house is located on a property located on the northern edge of Lisbon, with a steeply sloping north-facing plot. A grey volume attracts the exterior spaces of the house and rectifies the sloping nature of the plot, allowing the social areas to have better sun exposure. The sloping white volume floats above it, moving away from the external limits of the plot and opening onto the garden and pool. The layout is pragmatic and very clear: the grey volume is filled with the complementary spaces of the house, lit by a patio carved into it (bathroom, spa, cinema room, wine cellar and garage), while the white volume is occupied by the main spaces of the house (lounge, library, kitchen and bedrooms) privileged by their transparency in relation to the garden and pool.