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ORIGO is an architecture studio exploring
the relationship between landscape, material,
light and human experience.

Architecture, interiors and landscape

ORIGO creates architecture shaped by place, light, material, and the way people live. Each project begins with a close reading of its surroundings, allowing the architecture to emerge from context rather than from a predefined style. The result is work that feels calm, precise, and deeply connected to its setting.

We work across residential, hospitality, and cultural projects, approaching each one as a complete spatial experience. From the first idea to the final detail, we focus on proportion, atmosphere, and material honesty, creating spaces that feel refined, enduring, and natural to inhabit.

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Selected work, 2026

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Aerial view at sunset of a low stone courtyard house set into wooded hills

Casa do Vale

Aljezur,
Portugal Private
residence2026

A single-storey residence organized around an internal landscape of stone, water and a mature olive tree.

Dining room with a long timber table and glass walls opening to the hills at dusk
Living room facing an inner courtyard with a pool and a mature olive tree
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Shaped by nature.

A low ring-shaped building on a rocky headland above the Atlantic at sunset

Atalaia Retreat

Algarve,
Portugal Coastal
hospitality2026

A low architectural ring embedded within the Atlantic landscape, enclosing a protected inner world while opening toward the ocean.

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Long glazed lounge with timber ceiling overlooking the coastline and the ocean
Stone and timber living room opening onto a terrace facing the sea
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Moving through nature.

Lit timber buildings stepping down a forested shoreline to a lake at dusk

The Fold

Vestland,
Norway Cultural
retreat2026

A private art foundation stepping down a forested Norwegian shoreline, where galleries, studios and guest houses share one landscape.

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Terrace with a fire pit and lounge chairs below angular lit buildings by the lake
Dining hall with a long table and full-height windows onto the lake at night
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Casa do Vale is shaped around nature.
Atalaia Retreat is shaped by nature.
The Fold moves through nature.

Three landscapes. Three architectures. One approach.

We do not begin with form. We begin with place, climate, material, and the way a space should feel. Each project asks for a different architectural response, but the principles remain the same.

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How We Work

  1. 01

    Read the place

    We begin by studying the landscape, climate, orientation and existing conditions of the site.

  2. 02

    Shape the response

    Form, material and spatial relationships develop from what the site reveals rather than from a predetermined style.

  3. 03

    Refine what remains

    We reduce each project to what is necessary, allowing proportion, material, light and landscape to carry the architecture.

What We Do

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  • 01

    Architecture

    Residential architecture, retreats and hospitality spaces shaped by site, climate and the ways people inhabit them.

    Timber houses lit at dusk along a forested lakeshore

  • 02

    Interiors

    Interior spaces developed as part of the architecture, where material, proportion, light and atmosphere are considered together.

    Long gallery hall with a timber ceiling and warm light on the walls

  • 03

    Landscape

    Built form and landscape approached as one continuous system, allowing architecture to settle naturally into its surroundings.

    Aerial view at sunset of a stone courtyard house in wooded hills
Aerial view of a curved building set into the scrub above a rocky coastline

Every project has
an origin.

Tell us where yours begins.

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