Located in Belelo, Meixedo, Viana do Castelo, Quinta do Fortunato, a structure of Turismo no Espaço Rural (Tourism on a Rural Space) resulted in the design of two lodging units, with the exploitation of the preexisting buildings, long ago used as cut of cattle and rain fed.

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Architects: José Luís Veloso

Location: Meixedo, 4925, Portugal

Area: 387.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Paulo Carvalho

Consultant: NML - Projectos e Desenvolvimento Turístico

Mep: SPRENPLAN

Construction: JOANIBAL ? Construção Civil, Lda.

© Paulo Carvalho

From the architect. Located in Belelo, Meixedo, Viana do Castelo, Quinta do Fortunato, a structure of Turismo no Espaço Rural (Tourism on a Rural Space) resulted in the design of two lodging units, with the exploitation of the preexisting buildings, long ago used as cut of cattle and rain fed.
© Paulo Carvalho

The testimony of the existing building is underlined, in both houses, with the almost complete maintenance of the structures, adding new volumes of that guarantee, from the start, the relationship between the old and the new in different forms adequate and merged, giving space to the preservation of the vernacular architecture of this region of the country - the Alto Minho ? and thus becoming a structure closer to contemporary ar...