Location
Rocky shoreline
Year
2025
Client
Ferreira Hospitality Group
Scope
Architecture, interiors, landscape
Duration
26 months
Site
Rocky shoreline, protected coastal zone
Suites set into the rock, each framed toward the sea and nothing else.
A place to slow down. Suites set into the rock, each framed toward the sea.
Rather than a single building, the pavilion is a family of low volumes stepping down the rock. Roofs are planted, openings are carefully cropped, and paths are kept narrow so that arrival feels like discovery. At dusk, the light inside matches the warmth of the stone outside.
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Rounded white balconies facing the sea
01
White stair rising toward the sky
02
A guest room with linen and one chair
03
From brief to building.
The question we were asked, how we answered it, and what changed once people moved in.
01
The challenge
A protected shoreline where nothing could rise above the ridge, a programme of twelve suites, and an operator who wanted every guest to feel alone with the sea.
02
Our approach
Instead of one building we designed a family of low volumes, each set into the rock beneath a planted roof. Narrow paths link them so arrival feels like discovery, and every opening is cropped to show the sea and nothing else.
03
The outcome
The pavilion opened on schedule and is barely visible from the water. Occupancy passed 90 percent in its first season, and the planted roofs have already blended into the coastal scrub.
Suites set into the rock
Built above the ridge line
Occupancy in the first season
Set into the rock.
Roofs are planted and kept below the ridge. The section shows how each suite is carved into the slope and opened only toward the sea.
Stacked terraces of the suites
Built from the coast.
Four materials taken from, or made for, the shoreline.
“The pavilion opened on time, and guests ask the same question every morning: who designed this light?”
Lucas Ferreira, client
Architecture
ARCHEA
Interior design
Ines Albrecht
Structure
Mare Structural
Landscape
Atelier Verde
Builder
Costa Builders
Photography
Studio Lumen
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