A Salento masseria in the tropics: limestone and white lime, a courtyard with an 8-metre pool, a stone staircase rising straight out of the water up to a garden rooftop with a spa and a barbecue. Three suites, a single storey, 179 m² built.
The masseria is the rural farmhouse of southern Italy: stone walls, white lime, deep shade and a courtyard where life happens. In São Miguel do Gostoso — year-round sun and a steady easterly wind — this architecture is the right answer to the climate, not a style.
Corner stones, plinth, walls and staircase in regional limestone; rough lime-rendered walls that breathe and reflect the sun.
Single-storey L-shaped house; the insulated flat roof becomes a garden with a spa, pergolas, a barbecue and a lookout over the pool.
99% of the hours with wind on the rear face: the breeze runs through the pool, the porch and the living room. Linen curtains in the gallery do the rest.
Along the south wall, a round stone bastion at the head of the pool receives the first steps; the staircase climbs between stone parapets up to the rooftop.
Living, dining and kitchen in 57.6 m² at the front; three suites in a row on the sea side, served by a curtained pergola gallery; a 4.40 × 4.35 m gourmet porch between the living room and the beach entry. All on one floor, with the garden rooftop above.



| Room | Dimensions | Area |
|---|---|---|
| LIVING · DINING · KITCHEN | 9.00 × 6.40 m | 57.6 m² |
| LAUNDRY · STORAGE | 3.00 × 3.60 m | 10.8 m² |
| SUITE 1 | 5.10 × 4.45 m | 22.7 m² |
| SUITE 2 | 5.10 × 4.45 m | 22.7 m² |
| MASTER SUITE | 6.50 × 5.23 m | 34.0 m² |
| Covered gourmet porch | 4.40 × 4.35 m | 19.1 m² |
| Pergola gallery | 1.10 × 8.90 m | 9.8 m² |
| Pool with beach entry and bench | 3.00 × 8.00 m | 24.0 m² |
| Built area | Coverage 53.9% · permeability 42.3% | 179.1 m² |
From the arrival along Alameda das Palmeiras to sunset on the rooftop. Illustrative images generated from the project's 3D model.












Floor at +3.50 m, a 1.10 m parapet, eucalyptus pergolas at +5.90 m — well below the condominium's 8.00 m height limit. No enclosed second storey: just shade, water and the view.
Yes: 150.14 m² of enclosed area (minimum 150), a 53.9% site coverage ratio (maximum 60), 42.3% permeability (minimum 40), a maximum height of 5.90 m (limit 8.00), 2.00 m setbacks at the front and rear and 1.50 m on the sides, the pool more than 1.50 m from the boundaries, a living hedge at the front and a stone wall only at the rear.
Of course. This is an architectural study: the layout concept (an L open to the courtyard, suites on the sea side, garden rooftop) is the starting point. The executive project is then developed with you by a professional licensed by CAU/RN.
Because the roof receives 2,299 kWh/m² a year — 2.5 times more than the worst-exposed facade — and is insulated with 50 mm XPS and a light-coloured finish; because the ESE breeze, present 99% of the hours, runs through the whole house; and because every suite has cross-ventilation.
Topographic survey → executive project (architecture, structure, utilities) → condominium approval → building permit from the São Miguel do Gostoso municipal government (2 to 6 months) → construction within 36 months.
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