The Dovecote

Jordi Costa — Wed, 18 May 2022 17:47:46 +0000

Architects: AZO Photography: Nelson Garrido Construction Period: 2016 Location: Soutelo, Portugal

This is an emotional design! Our client asked us to reform an old dovecote in the backyard of his home. We decided to propose a play house for the children and a balneary to serve the pool on the ground floor. The whole family loved the idea.

We wanted a play room inspired by magic, fantasy and also by the childhood dreams and memories. We decided to transform the old dovecote in a minimal concrete «tree house» that represent these memories and fantasies of pure and peaceful way.

We look for a way that seemed the main volume is levitating as a tree house but simultaneously it had to be balanced and pure. The idea was that the interior was absent of superfluous elements and were gradually decorated by the works and toys of these children as a reflection of consumer society we are experiencing.

Some elements remained of the original building as the triangular window through which entered doves.

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Casa No Tempo

Jordi Costa — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:18:36 +0000

Architects: Aires Mateus Photography: James Florio Nelson Garrido Construction Period: 2014 Location: Alentejo, Portugal

“Casa No Tempo” has been in the family for many years. It was our granddad’s will that we look after it until the next generation. Being aware of his vision we tried to aim higher, connecting the past with the coming future, leaving out the marks of time, in search for a peaceful and timeless place… The renovation was carried out under the orientation of our good friend, the architect Manuel Aires Mateus.

Our main concern was to have the house open to the vastness of the property and welcome Nature’s gifts through the large windows of every room. All floors are paved with local clay blocks (heated in winter); fully equipped kitchen is integrated in a beautiful white marbled structure, open to the dining table in front of a huge window overlooking a 400sqmt swimming pool; Lounge is a luminous area with white sofas and a beautiful fireplace corner;The 4 suites are spacious with a mixture of modern bedding and local wooden furniture; Walk-in showers and toilets with ultimate finishing over handmade tiles; Equipped with Davide Groppie lights, furniture Living Divanni, Lefroy & Brooks water taps.

One thousand acres of cork trees, pastures, wild fields, two dams, five ponds, streams and brooks. Here and there timeless granitic stones outcrop the green
and stand by the trees or water as nature’s random signposts, inviting guests to explore and journey through the welcoming flat land. A 400 sq. Meters swimming pool tears up the pasture with its modern design and sand colored plaster. In the pool area, parasols made of old sets of sails offer sunshade over the comfy daybeds by «Living Divanni».

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