Terrain avec Ruine, Vue sur la Mer et Projet Soumis par Estudio ODS pour une Villa de 300 m²

Some places in the Algarve you only find by taking the small road past the last white house, where the tarmac gives way to a quiet country lane and the only sounds are birdsong and the wind in the olive trees. This plot in Bordeira is one of those places.
The land covers almost 1.4 hectares of open, green countryside in the hills above Faro. It is rare to find this much ground in the Algarve barrocal that is genuinely flat, so you can live on it rather than around it, and from many vantage-points the eye travels down over the coastal plain to the Atlantic. On a clear morning the horizon is a long silver line of sea. At dusk the valley below fills with the lights of the coast. It is open and green and quiet, and it feels a world away, although Faro, its airport and the beaches are within easy reach.

At the heart of the plot stands an old stone ruin, a reminder of the farming families who worked this land for generations. It is also the starting point for what comes next. A project by renowed architects Estudio ODS has been submitted for a contemporary single-storey villa of around 300 m² with a swimming pool. In it, the ruin is reborn under a traditional clay-tile roof, and new white wings unfold around sheltered patios and terraces. The design brings the outdoors in. Every bedroom has its own bathroom. A shaded pergola is ready for long summer dinners. The pool opens onto the view, and the flat roofs give you places to watch the sun set over the hills. The accompanying CGIs (renderings) show how naturally the house could settle into the landscape, surrounded by olive trees, lavender and rosemary.

The practical side has been taken care of too. Mains water and electricity are already at the entrance to the plot, so you can concentrate on the pleasant part: shaping the interior of the project to your own taste and watching your Algarve home take form.

This is Algarve living in its purest form: space, light, nature and a view that changes colour with every hour of the day. For those who have been searching for a quiet place with a sea view and real potential, Bordeira may well be the answer.

The images are computer-generated and show the submitted project for illustrative purposes only. The price is for the land and the architectural project only. It does not include construction of the house.
Energy Rating: Exempt
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