Set against the raw, untamed beauty of Portugal’s Alentejo Vicentine coastline, this project redefines the interplay between design ambition and the region's natural geography. Spanning 200 yards (183 meters) along the picturesque coastline, the lodge emerges as an exercise in equilibrium—a dialogue between architectural form and the gentle contours of rolling hills that shape the landscape. The design process was informed by the area's sparse urban presence, regional topography, and peculiar climatic conditions to finally reach a synthesis of traditional aesthetics with a forward-thinking twist.

Pivotal to the project’s technical success was the development of a fully digital coastal environment. Level of Detail (LOD) systems were employed to parametrically decimate geometry based on camera distance, ensuring optimal performance without compromising visual fidelity. Complementary techniques such as camera frustum and occlusion based culling were instrumental in managing scattered vegetation assets, thus streamlining the render process and minimizing computational overhead. A rigorous analysis of satellite imagery paired with in-loco photography further refined the digital reconstruction of the native coastal biome.

The environmental narrative is enriched by a deliberate nod to the region’s indigenous flora. Olive trees (Olea europaea) and cork oaks (Quercus suber) anchor the landscape as venerable symbols of Mediterranean heritage, while Stone pines (Pinus pinea) and Maritime pines (Pinus pinaster) lend their distinctive silhouettes to the horizon. Each species was meticulously integrated, with careful attention to geographic distribution and seasonal growth patterns, ensuring that the digital vegetation mirrors its real-world counterpart and contributes to a deeper understanding of the locale's ecological intricacies.