Casa Cor de Sal by Rómulo Neto Arquitetos Highlights Marine Atmosphere

Rómulo Neto Arquitetos designed the Casa Cor de Sal in Aveiro, Portugal. Completed in 2022, this house reflects a fusion of marine atmosphere and functional design. The design incorporates elements like ceramics, wood, and aluminum, with a focus on maintaining a close connection between indoor and outdoor spaces. An interior patio serves as a link, enhancing natural light. The layout ensures the living area on the upper floor maximizes views of the surrounding water landscape.

Minimalist living room with angular stairs, large windows, and neutral color palette.
The “Salt Color House” is in front of the so-called Mira channel in Costa Nova do Prado. This place, due to the salinity of its waters and surrounding vegetation, the colors and odors that emanate, takes me back to my past, my parent’s house, where I grew up and lived for many years, under this atmosphere of marine nature.
Modern, minimalist living room with white furniture, sleek cabinetry, and a striking concrete accent wall.
When idealizing and conceiving the project of this house, I faced a huge challenge. In effect, it condensed in me the creative figure of an architect and, likewise, the usufruct figure of a demanding client. In the beginning, the conflict of figures clouded the clarity and objectivity necessary for the design, however, over time and with the maturation of some aspects of the project, the result was, in my humble opinion, doubly achieved.
Airy, minimalist living room with sleek white furniture, wooden steps, and lush potted plants.

But other challenges were imposed. Sharing the same space with another person, my wife, generated different compulsions and concerns within the framework of each person’s idiosyncrasies, namely, how they wanted to inhabit and live in the house. Thus, sharing the same space implied understanding the other, and forced me to transact with her, concepts of aesthetics and functionality and sometimes give up more erudite and less experienced lines of architecture.
Spacious living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, sleek furniture, and hammocks.
The materials chosen for the construction revolved around ceramics, wood, and aluminum. In the colors, white predominated as the primary element of the entire house, salting it in almost all its corners with baskets of white. It was essential to create an intimate relationship between the interior and the exterior. For this purpose, an interior patio was designed to create a bridge with the south facade of the house and achieve a natural light gambier for all its compartments. Half floors were created, so that the basement floor was not exposed to possible flooding due to the rise in the water table and that vertical dynamics existed between the floors.
A modern, minimalist interior with tall ceilings, large windows, and sleek furnishings.
The social area was located on the upper floor, an area that was wide and with a very generous ceiling height, looking out over the estuary. Space to receive family and friends on festive days, articulated with the terrace on the roof, the lighthouse of the house where we can enjoy a more.
Sleek, minimalist kitchen with white cabinets, wooden countertops, and a view of the outdoors.
Minimalist bedroom design with clean lines, white bedding, and a modern art piece.
Bright, modern bedroom with minimalist furniture, neutral colors, and decorative artwork.
A modern bathroom with sleek glass shower enclosure and slate-tiled walls.
A modern bathroom with a white freestanding tub, gray tile walls, and a framed artwork.
A modern outdoor kitchen and seating area with a sleek concrete countertop and wooden deck.
A modern architectural structure with a wooden deck, glass walls, and a lounge chair offering a scenic view.
A modern, minimalist home with a striking exterior featuring vertical white panels and large windows.
Modern, multi-story building with sleek, angular design, large windows, and contemporary façade.

Photography by Ivo Tavares Studio
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- by Matt Watts

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