Stages 0 to 4 

Collaboration with Camilo Rebelo Studio

2015

Arrábida Villa is a sophisticated and minimalistic project, yet deeply thought at its every single detail aiming to touch an utopian perfection. When I was designated to work on it the project was already designed and apparently closed. Given some temporal distance from its previous phases, the idea was to mature the project by redesigning all the interiors and refining the building shape. What seemed so simple did actually challenged our capacity and the final design got really delicate. Since this villa is meant to be Camilo’s future house, the dynamic of the discussions was always very interesting. Being the client and the architect the same person, it is always very clear and straightforward what is going to work or not and what should be done from the beginning.