House Marcos Gil

House Marcos Gil, - Tv. da Asseca 1 - Tavira
The project designed by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) does not really have much architectural appeal and is the last in the series. It was designed in 1966 and located on the corner of Rua Borda d'Água da Asseca with an unnamed alley. It has unbalanced proportions and looks a bit strange, especially the solution on the ground floor.

In the urban planning file you can read about the problems the architect had to deal with with the local and regional authorities (sometimes the projects had to be notified in Faro and sometimes in Lisbon) to obtain permission for "risky projects" that were not “ standard ". In this case, the authorities rejected the facade designs and mandated a tiled roof - unusual in MGdaCosta projects - which meant that the works were not approved until 1970, after three years of applying for the permit. What was eventually built - as we often see - is also different from the submitted and approved drawings.