Canine & Feline Hotel, Vila do Conde Contemporary Animal Housing, Modern Portuguese Architecture Photos
Canine & Feline Hotel in Vila do Conde
post updated 6 Dec 2020 ; 6 Apr 2020
Canine & Feline Hotel
Architect: Raulino Silva Arquitecto
This building is a 2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020 winner for the Europe category.
Location: Parada, Vila do Conde, Portugal

The Canine & Feline Hotel is located in Parada, Vila do Conde and the main program consists of temporary dog and cat accommodation, a hotel where the animals stay for a few days, during holidays or professional travel of their owners. The remaining program is a complement to the space?s activity, with a veterinary office, a grooming room, outdoor training areas and a swimming pool for pets.
The program is distributed over three buildings that are interconnected, allowing to create three different areas. This way we got to separate the cat zone from the dog zone, avoiding the meeting of both and reducing the animal noises. In another building we find all the public service spaces.

In combination with the programmatic layout needs, the three volumes were designed to reduce the impact of the construction area in order to improve its landscape integration.

The first volume, with only one floor, corresponds to the reception and support area, with service desk, a small shop, a storage room, the sanitary facilities, an office, a veterinary?s office and a grooming room.

The second volume is...