Designed in 2023 by PFArchStudio, Casa no Campo is a house located in Porto, Portugal. With a focus on unpretentious and harmonious living, the design emphasizes a strong connection with the exterior and respects the site’s agricultural surroundings. The minimal use of materials and carefully planned orientation create a space defined by light and shadows, offering a seamless blend of modern and traditional elements for a family of four plus two.

The municipality of Esposende is located on the north coast of Portugal. Land of sea, river and mountains has been occupied for over 300 thousand years, and it combines ecosystems and landscapes under the same common denominator, the north wind or as it is known here ?Nortada?.
Casa no Campo is located in the agricultural parish of Gandra and intended to be a home for a family of four plus two that wanted to escape the city life.
The plot, with a North/South orientation, is located in a predominantly agricultural territory, corn fields that change from green to golden and where more or less vernacular farmers’ houses flourish.
The client desired an easy, unpretentious house that responded to the imaginary country experience, with a strong relationship with the exterior, which would age well and respectes the site.

The references are clear and assumed, Inger and Johannes?s house Exner, the of Aalto´s Louis Carré house, Corrales y Molezún´s Huarte and the unmissable Távora, with Ofir’s house just a stone...