Almada Housing Plot C - Icaro, Monte de Caparica, Portugal
"Icaro" appears out of the requirement to create continuity between existing spaces and future realities. Integration into the urban fabric alone is not enough, people are fundamental in the process. Thus emerges Icaro, which subtly turns toward the sun. The intervention area is located in Quinta do Pombal, in Monte da Caparica, establishing a relationship at low elevation with Rua Lino Lima and at high elevation with Rua dos Carlos Reis. Different lifestyles result in typologies with varying degrees of flexibility. The building's façade intends to reflect this duality through the use of two types of prefabricated paneling with contrasting roughness.