Eco-house with rammed earth walls in Montijo A house by architectural studio Blaanc, the walls of which are formed from layers of rammed earth, is located in the middle of a vineyard in Montijo, Portugal.
Country House in a Portuguese Vineyard Called Vineyard House, the single-story building consists of three interconnected units separating living spaces, bedrooms and a home office.
The house consists of three blocks. The walls of two blocks.made of brick, while the third is made of compressed earth. This material has been given a new lease of life thanks to a new project by a team of architects consisting of specialists from Herzog & de Meuron and Tatiana Bilbao.
The walls of the two blocks are painted white.
One of the blocks is built from rammed earth.The 319-square-metre home was designed by Blaanc, an architecture studio with offices in Lisbon, Perth and Rio de Janeiro, for a family-owned vineyard located on the edge of a cork oak forest. “The single-storey building fits seamlessly into the tranquility of the area. It tries to blend in with the landscape, blending in with the natural elements that create this peaceful atmosphere,” say the architects.
The building practically blends into the landscape.The rectangular block with rammed earth walls contains the dining room, kitchen and living room located on the lower level. A long terrace with a sun-protecting lattice canopy runs along the block and serves as an extension of the living space.
Compacted earth was used to construct the residential part of the building.
The terrace visually expands the living space. The rammed earth walls of the terrace, combined with a canopy made of slats, allow for coolness inside the house in the summer and a comfortable temperature in the winter.
A canopy made of slats helps to support the housecomfortable temperature “The presence of rammed earth walls gives the house additional value – both ecological and aesthetic,” explain the architects. “The idea was to combine tradition and modernity by using their advantages.”
When creating the house project, the designers strovecombine tradition and modernity To build the house, soil with a high sand content was taken from the site and adjacent areas. To form stable walls, it was mechanically compressed using wooden formwork. In order to give the structure density, layers of fiberglass mesh were laid between the layers of compressed earth. Two supports and doorways made of glued timber also serve to further strengthen and fix the elements.
Rammed earth walls reinforced with fiberglass mesh. Compacted earth is visible in some parts of the interior and exterior. On the outside, it is protected by a canopy of laminated timber beams.
In some parts of the interior there are rammed earth wallsleft in their natural state To protect the surface of the earthen walls, they were coated with a mixture of liquid glass and casein, a complex protein obtained by curdling milk.
To protect the natural material of the house wallcoated with a special mixture The remaining two blocks use concrete structures and plastered brickwork. The walls are painted white to match the existing buildings on the site.
The other two blocks are built usingconcrete structures The L-shaped block has six bedrooms with bathrooms. They are connected to the living room by a corridor and a small block containing an office.
White walls are the basis of the building's interior. The bedroom windows overlook two internal courtyards located between these blocks.
Inner courtyard between the building blocks
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