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WESTIN VERDELAGO RESORT CLUB HOUSECastro Marim (Algarve), Portugal, 2011

Location Castro Marim (Algarve), PortugalDeveloper Promovalor SGPS SAProgramme Club houseGBA 500 sq.mProject Status 2011 (competition)

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WESTIN VERDELAGO RESORT CLUB HOUSE Castro Marim (Algarve), Portugal, 2011

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WESTIN VERDELAGO RESORT CLUB HOUSE Castro Marim (Algarve), Portugal, 2011

The Verdelago Resort is located in the Algarve, at Altura beach (Castro Marim), 15 Km from the Spanish border and 50 Km from the city of Faro. It occupies an area of about 100 hectares with a prime seafront of 1.5 Km with direct access to Praia Verde. The master plan includes a 5-star Westin hotel, in addition to a touristic village with 340 housing units, an 18-hole golf course and all the typical amenities of large family resort.

Within the resort, PROMONTORIO was invited to submit a design proposal for the pool club. The key objective of this infra-structure is to offer guests a rich and enduring experience throughout the day tby offering a series of different atmospheres and amenities. The programme comprises an all-day restaurant and buffet with different group settings and private dining areas, besides servicing for the various outdoor areas, which include, besides the swimming pool, terrace sitting, day-beds, jacuzzi, bar, fireplace and chill-out coves.

Without falling into pastiche, our aim was to subtly recreate the ambiance of early 1970s experimental, yet glamorous, designs for tourism industry, by evoking characteristic elements, motifs, textures, patterns and colours. The vaulted single-storey volume, serpentines in the terrain with the typical organic fluidity of Mediterranean and North African vernacular architecture. With its roof covered in moss that cascades to the terraced facades, its riad-like interiors are made of rough stucco, rounded corners and soft material transitions coalescing the intimate scale and privacy of the club experience with the stunning natural setting of the resort.

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