The eco-house with the earth walls in Montijo The house from the architectural studio Blaanc, whose walls are formed from layers of compressed earth, is located in the middle of a vineyard in Montijo in Portugal. 
Country house in a Portuguese vineyard Bearing the name Vineyard House, a one-story building consists of three interconnected blocks separating living quarters, bedrooms and a home office. 
The house consists of three blocks. The walls of two blocks.stacked of brick, the third is built of compressed earth. This material again gained the right to life thanks to a new project of a team of architects composed of specialists from Herzog & de Meuron and Tatiana Bilbao. 
The walls of the two blocks are painted white. 
One of the blocks is built of rammed earth.The house with an area of 319 square meters was designed by Blaanc - an architectural studio with branches in Lisbon, Perth and Rio de Janeiro - for a family vineyard located on the edge of the forest where cork oaks grow. “The one-story building fits in with the serenity and tranquility of the area. It tries not to stand out from the landscape, combined with the natural elements that form this atmosphere of tranquility, ”say the architects. 
The building practically merges with the landscape.A rectangular block with earth walls contains a dining room, a kitchen and a lower level living room. A long terrace with a sunscreen lattice canopy runs along the block and serves as an extension of the living space. 
Compressed earth was used for the construction of the residential part of the building. 
The terrace visually expands the living space. Earth-like walls of the terrace, combined with a canopy of slats, allow you to get cool inside the house in the summer and a comfortable temperature in the winter. 
The canopy of the slats helps maintain the housecomfortable temperature “The presence of walls of rammed earth gives the house additional value, both ecological and aesthetic,” the architects explain. “The idea was to unite tradition and modernity through the use of their advantages.” 
Creating a home project, designers sought tocombine tradition and modernity For the construction of a house, land with a high sand content was taken at the site and adjacent territories. To form stable walls, it was mechanically compressed with wooden formwork. In order to impart density to the structure, layers of fiberglass are laid between the layers of compressed earth. Two supports and doorways of glued wood also serve to further strengthen and fix the elements. 
Earth walls reinforced with a glass mesh. Compressed earth is visible in some parts of the interior and exterior. Outside, it is protected by a canopy of laminated wooden beams. 
In some parts of the interior, earth wallsleft in their natural form. To protect the surface of earthen walls, they were coated with a mixture of liquid glass and casein, a complex protein that is obtained by layering milk. 
To protect the natural material of the wall at homecovered with a special mixture In the remaining two blocks, concrete structures and plastered brickwork are used. 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 en-suite bathrooms. They connect to the living room through a corridor and a small block in which the office is located. 
White walls - the basis of the interior of the building. The windows of the bedrooms overlook the two inner courtyards located between these blocks. 
Patio between building blocks 
The windows of the bedrooms are facing the patio. Do you like naturalness, organically combined with comfort? If your answer is “yes”, then soon put Like! 
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