This Compact House Was Designed by Removing Pieces

ByMyProperty Life

Casa Delães looks simple at first: a compact white volume, almost cubic, with a clean and quiet presence.

But the most interesting part of this house is not the box itself. It is what was removed from it.

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The cuts, recesses, shadows, lower volumes, and transition spaces turn a small 106-square-meter house into something more layered. The entrance is carved into the volume, the exterior spaces are shaped by subtraction, and the play between straight lines, curves, light, and shadow gives the house much more depth than its size suggests.

This is a house about precision. Not excess.
About removing matter to create space.
About turning a simple white form into arrival, shade, protection, and quiet domestic life.

Architects: ARE ARCHITECTS STUDIO
Location: Delaes, Portugal
Area: 106 m²
Year: 2025
Photography: Helder Oliveira

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