O Mato — Sculptural Retreat, Cucujães, Portugal
Atelier do Lago

O Mato

Location
Cucujães, Portugal
Type
Sculptural Retreat
Year
2012
Status
Built
ArchitectureFernando Coelho · FCC ArquitecturaPhotographyFernando Guerra | FG+SG
Overview

Sculptural white forms nestled in a eucalyptus forest — architecture as landscape.

O Mato is a set of soft, sculptural white volumes set among the eucalyptus. At dusk the forms glow from within, turning the forest clearing into a quiet, almost primal retreat — architecture that behaves like landscape.

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