Casinha da Melroeira: How a Portuguese Ruin Became One of Architecture’s Most Intimate Experiments

Some houses impress. Then some houses stay with you. Casinha da Melroeira, designed by Filipe Saraiva and photographed by Ivo Tavares, belongs firmly to the second category. Located in Ourém, Portugal, this compact residential project rewrites the rules of small-scale living — not through minimalism as an aesthetic trend, but through spatial intelligence, emotional memory, and […] The post Casinha da Melroeira: How a Portuguese Ruin Became One of Architecture’s Most Intimate Experiments appeared first on WE AND THE COLOR.