Comporta was founded on its fishing activities and later on agriculture. Its vernacular architecture, composed of wooden piles, serves as a fundamental design premise and language. Materials such as wood and local stone communicate the building’s lightness or heaviness and its program. The landscape dictates the orientation of the volumes.

Elevated platforms and volumes demonstrate a sustainable approach in respect for the land. They create a variety of spatial configurations for private, semi-private, and public programs within an eleven-acre plot.

The project proposes a sequence of groupings formed by programmatic strategies to coexist with the existing environment. Platforms, pavilions, and bungalows become boundaries of the landscape—volumes that open outward in celebration of nature. Calmness is perceived in the relationship between its elements and textures.

The art institution and the client’s private residence are located at opposite ends of the plot, connected by a central pier and natural pathways. This strategy preserves the privacy of both programs while maintaining a cohesive structural language: wood for the living spaces and stone blocks for the service areas.