Terraços da Encosta

Terraços da Encosta

Twenty-four cooperative homes stepping down a wooded slope, each with its own roof terrace and a shared garden street.

Twenty-four cooperative homes stepping down a wooded slope, each with its own roof terrace and a shared garden street.

Location

Coimbra

Year

2019

Area

24 homes

Client

Encosta Housing Cooperative

Category

Housing

(Notes)

Written by the project team at handover. Photographs on 35 mm film during construction and after completion.

Density without walls

Each home steps back from the one below, so every roof becomes a terrace for the neighbour above. No two front doors face each other.

An external stair and garden street run through the middle of the scheme and double as its social space.

Affordable by construction

A repeated structural bay and a single window type kept costs within the cooperative’s budget without making the homes feel repetitive.

Studio

Rua da Boavista 84
1200-066 Lisbon, Portugal
Mon–Fri, 9:00–18:00

Site notes

One letter each season — new work, drawings and notes from site. No noise.

Lunaro.

© 2026 Lunaro Architects, Lda.

© 2026 Lunaro Architects, Lda.

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