Casa 103: the glass house by Marlene Uldschmidt Architects Studio

103 house in Algarve, Portugal, depicts a different perspective. • • Squeezed between two traditional neighbourhood fishermen´s houses, the limited front width led Marlene to develop the new project inwardly. • • The architects have certainly made the most of formerly adverse disposition; the sloping and irregular topography has been fully exploited in virtue of spatial colonization that allows for the extension of the different enclosed rooms beyond their indoor limits. • • Several terraces climbing up the terrain stretch and enhance the visual connection of the different parts of the house and, ultimately, from the upper levels to the horizon. • • The rich scenography and varied spatiality created in the project certainly diverge from the apparent constriction of the stre