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Description by “AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados“: Our client asked us to reform an old dovecote in the backyard of his home. We decided to propose a playhouse for the children and a balneary to serve the pool on the ground floor. The whole family loved the idea.
Photography: Nelson Garrido
We wanted a playroom 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.
Photography: Nelson Garrido
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 from superfluous elements and was gradually decorated by the works and toys of these children as a reflection of the consumer society we are experiencing.

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

Architects: AZO. Sequeira Arquitectos Associados

Location: Soutelo, Portugal

Author: Mário Sequeira

Team: Pedro Soares, Fátima Barroso, Jorge Vilela, João Alves

Area: 54.0 m2

Year of project: 2015

Photographies: Nelson Garrido

Structural Engineer: BO Associados

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