Herdade da Orezza | Studio Arte architecture & design

Nestled into a gentle Algarve hillside, this 315 m² home is organized as two intersecting volumes, one containing the open-plan living, dining, and kitchen areas, and the other housing private suites, with a fully buried basement beneath. Material palette consists of local dry stone walls, oak finishings and terracotta red stucco. ⁠

Internally, oak paneling lines the ground-floor corridor and bedrooms, while large sliding glass doors blur the boundary between interior and exterior—allowing cross-ventilation and views throughout. In the buried basement, narrow horizontal openings and light wells introduce focused daylight.