MJA House is located in Comporta and designed by Pereira Miguel Arquitectos as an extension to an existing house. The project consists of four distinct volumes that are perpendicular to the main house. A set of passageways and a swimming pool are central to all elements. The new volume is defined by a rectangular concrete platform set only on the ground floor of the site.

By placing volumes between the trees to best suit the sun orientation of the site, the placement on the site was taken into account so that all the existing trees could be preserved. These volumes are placed to create a strong connection between the volumes by studying their relationship to the existing house. It is this distance between the old and the new that allows the project to blend in with the surrounding landscape.

In this way, the connection between the original building and the new building is made through a wooden path that starts on the southeast side of the garden and leads to four parallelepiped volumes. In addition to the path, a new entrance to the house was designed as an external entry space. The volume is covered in reflective glass, and the goal is to make it completely disappear and blend into the landscape. Thus, a spatial relationship is created between the entrance and the house.

All four volumes have similar language and structural systems, but one stands out because of its bulk. This is a social area with living and dining Spaces. These volumes feature platforms that create roofs, in addition to wooden beams that extend from the interior space to the exterior. The projection of the roof not only creates a vast shaded area around the volume, protecting the interior space during the summer, but also creates an indoor and outdoor living experience and brings attention to the landscape.

Inspired by the natural landscape, each bedroom has a small private exterior courtyard in order to promote an indoor and outdoor lifestyle. Together these Spaces make up the bedroom suite with a bedroom and private bathroom. The bathroom, defined by a wooden floor, is also used for access around the site.