The Dovecote

Inspired by magic and childhood dreams, AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos renovated a dovecote in Portugal that resembles a suspended minimal tree house in concrete.

AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados, The Dovecote, Soutelo, Portugal, 2015
AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados renovated an old dovecote in the backyard of a client’s home in Soutelo, Portugal. For its new function the architects proposed a communal family space that would host a play house for the children and a balneary to serve the pool on the ground floor.
AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados, The Dovecote, Soutelo, Portugal, 2015
AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados, The Dovecote, Soutelo, Portugal, 2015
Inspired by magic, fantasy, childhood dreams and memories, AZO Arquitectos went for a simple space defined by “emotional design”. They decided to transform the old dovecote in a minimal concrete tree house that could represent these memories and fantasies in a peaceful way.
AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados, The Dovecote, Soutelo, Portugal, 2015
AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados, The Dovecote, Soutelo, Portugal, 2015
The main volume resembles a tree house in its ‘levitating’ aspect, together with a balanced layout. The interior was absent of superfluous elements and it was gradually decorated by the children’s works and toys. The triangular window that once let the doves fly in, were kept as an element of the original architecture.

The Dovecote, Soutelo, Braga, Portugal
Architects: AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados Lda
Team: Mário Sequeira, Pedro Soares, Fátima Barroso, Jorge Vilela, João Alves
Structural engineering: BO Associados
Project Area: 54 sqm
Completion: 2015

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