Lisbon-based Pedra Silva Arquitectos has teamed up with Spanish design studio Astet to transform a former clifftop farmstead on Portugal’s west coast into a vacation spot for surfers.
Aethos Ericeira is a 50-room lodge positioned excessive up on sandstone cliffs, overlooking the seaside on a stretch of shoreline recognized to supply a few of the greatest waves in Portugal.
Pedra Silva Arquitectos oversaw the constructing work, which included remodeling the facades, whereas Astet replanned the spatial move and designed the visible aesthetic of the interiors.
Their design attracts from its setting, combining references to the agricultural panorama with components of surf tradition, and in addition benefiting from the elevated view.
Grand home windows, easy furnishings and an earthy color palette assist to create an atmosphere the place guests can really feel relaxed and linked with the setting.
“After we got here throughout the property, we instantly knew it was a novel alternative – a secluded vacation spot on prime of a 40-metre cliff, surrounded by lush fields with unrivalled ocean views,” stated CEO and co-founder Benjamin Habbel.
“The constructing, a former farmhouse was a rehab centre, had been deserted for a few years,” he informed Dezeen. “Regardless of its unhealthy form, we noticed big potential.”
The venue is considered one of 5 properties below the Aethos model, together with places in France and Italy.
Like its sister venues, the ethos behind Aethos Ericeira is to advertise mindfulness amongst company, by providing wellbeing-focused areas and experiences.
For Pedra Silva Arquitectos, this meant bringing a larger sense of cohesion to the prevailing buildings and the varied extensions that had been added over time.
The previous farmhouse was stored easy, with light-rendered partitions, a clay tile roof, arched recesses and protruding field home windows. In the meantime different components of the constructing had been up to date with timber slats and steel panelling.
“We felt the answer was to ascertain a transparent distinction between previous and new, restoring the prevailing constructing to one thing nearer to its authentic state, and giving latest extensions and new building their very own distinct character,” stated studio founder Luís Pedra Silva.
“For the areas of newer enlargement, the problem was to attain a up to date feel and appear that was effectively built-in,” added architect Bernardo Nadais.
“We achieved this by combining a robust materiality with surgical cases of demolition – eradicating some sloped roofs, opening up the balconies – permitting us to reinterpret the facades into clearer shapes and volumes.”
Astet’s inside design technique centred across the year-round expertise.
The supplies palette incorporates heat pure supplies like wooden, velvet and rattan, but in addition brings in cooler surfaces that embrace marble and stone.
“Ericeira could be nice and sunny however there are a number of months the place it is windy and wet, so the primary objective was for rooms and customary areas to operate in the summertime and be cosy within the winter,” stated Astet’s Ala Zureikat.
“But we did not wish to be too literal and use Portuguese tiles, as a result of I believe that is the very first thing that everybody associates with Portugal,” he informed Dezeen. “We wished to attain a extra refined twist.”
Probably the most distinctive house is the lodge reception, which is characterised by the unique arched home windows, soft-green tiles and huge louvre screens.
The bedrooms are extra minimal, with customized headboards, muted materials and wood floors.
“The door of the room is a full-size mirror, so wherever you might be, you all the time have a view of the ocean,” stated Zureikat.
Aethos Ericeira amenities embrace a restaurant, a fitness center, a heated saltwater pool, a meditation and yoga deck, and a spa with hammam, sizzling slab and remedy rooms.
Panorama works assist to create simple move between these areas, and hyperlink up with pathways resulting in the seaside.
Different latest seaside lodges to open embrace Ethos Vegan Suites in Santorini, Villa W in Saint-Tropez, and Patina Maldives.
The pictures is by Francisco Nogueira and PION Studio.
