Located in the Comporta nature reserve, south of Lisbon (Portugal), the project consists of two buildings with a structure of frames up to 9 m high and 18 m wide. The two buildings house a spa and a hotel-restaurant respectively, in an idyllic setting.
The structure is made of timber reclaimed from century-old frames from Canada. The timber is neither planed nor strength-graded, which required traditional carpentry techniques to set out the axes. It also comes from various species, such as ash, elm, lime, hemlock and yellow pine. All connections are designed to be invisible, using slotted-in steel plates and self-drilling dowels. The geometry of the frames was optimised to resist the high seaside wind loads as well as the seismic actions that may occur in the region.
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