Villa Theatro apartments, Braga hotel, Portugal property renovation, Modernised Portuguese real estate, Architecture Photos
Hotel Villa Theatro in Braga
24 June 2024
Architecture: Arquitectos Aliados, Lda
Location: Braga, Portugal
Photos by Ivo Tavares Studio
Hotel Villa Theatro, Portugal
Villa Theatro
This building was originally designed in the early 20th century by Architect Moura Coutinho to house a bakery on the ground floor and offices and residential units above. Several changes of use and changes to the design ensued towards the end of the millennium.
Early in the new century, Arquitectos Aliados were commissioned to design and coordinate a comprehensive overhaul of the building including the interior design package and delivery, this time with a strong hospitality component whilst keeping the commercial condition on the ground floor.
The original façade, with its two markedly asymmetrical lower floors in contrast with the rigorously symmetrical upper floors, owes its conception to early 19th Century architecture and to several trips Moura Coutinho had made to France.
On the ground floor, the plinth in local grey granite and a high relief frieze showing Sumerian-inspired winged figures in faux granite are notable elements, as well as the wider entryway for accessing the shops and the more elegant door for going upstairs.
On the first floor there is a beautiful bow window above the door to the upper floors and a set of three deeply arched windows above the commercial door.
The upper floors display sets of three markedly horizontal windows and the top floor is adorned with a faux colonnade and dormer windows of Parisian design on a terracotta tile roof with eaves, instead of the zinc lining used in the roofs of Paris.
The original building’s shades of pink, grey, and white have now been replaced by mustard yellow, ivory white and cream white. The rear facade has retained its symmetrical design with the same contemporary attitude, also evidenced in the spatial and functional composition of the interiors. The terracotta tile roof is now lined in white zinc in order to house and harmonize the various new roof components parts such as ventilation units and skylights.
Overall, nine variations of short term accommodation flats were designed and built, along with supporting services and storage areas. Seven of the units are totally different, and Arquitectos Aliados were responsible for the interior design package including all FF&E and all furniture.
We proposed a new stairwell and elevator (not foreseen in the original design), a large lobby instead of the original two small ones, and making the 1st floor terrace accessible by removing a cluster of small annexes that were on the way.
This project started in 2016 and ended in 2022, after 3 years of work on site under close supervision by the design team.
Portuguese:
Edifício projetado pelo Arqº Moura Coutinho, no início do sec XX, previsto para integrar a “Padaria Nacional” (venda e panificação) no piso térreo e, nos pisos superiores, escritórios e habitações. Nas últimas décadas do sec XX foi sendo adulterado, passando por diferentes usos com sucessivas álterações ao projeto inicial.
Já no sec. XXI o atelier Arquitectos Aliados foi contratado para realizar um projeto (arquitectura, especialidades, interior design) com forte componente turística, mantendo o uso de comércio no piso térreo. A fachada original, com influencia da arquitectura francesa do inicio do séc. XX, resultado das várias viagens que Moura Coutinho fez a França, apresenta uma composição fortemente assimétrica nos dois primeiros pisos, sendo absolutamente simétrica nos restantes.
No piso térreo destacamos o embasamento em granito cinza da região e friso, em alto relevo de figuras aladas de inspiração suméria em fingimento de granito, porta larga de acesso ao comércio e porta elegante para acesso aos demais pisos.
No primeiro piso destaca-se a bela bow window a encimar a porta de acesso aos pisos superiores, ficando um conjunto de três janelas fundas em arco, sobre a porta do comércio lateralmente á bow window.
Os pisos superiores apresentam conjuntos de três janelas fortemente marcadas na horizontal, sendo o último piso destacado por falsa colunata, janelas em mansarda de desenho parisiense, mas aqui revestida a cobertura, em telha de canudo com beiral ao invés do zinco usado nas coberturas parisienses.
As cores originais, tons de rosa, cinzas e brancos foram agora substituídas por tons e cores contemporâneas de amarelo mostarda, branco marfim e branco creme, sendo também a fachada posterior de desenho simétrico continuando a mesma atitude contemporânea, assumida na resolução espacial e funcional de todo o interior. A cobertura antes em telha marselha é agora revestida a zinco camarinha de modo a envolver todas as peças presentes na cobertura das ventilações e lanternins.
Surgiram, no desenvolvimento do programa, 9 (nove) Apartamentos Turísticos de tipologias diferenciadas apoiadas pelas zonas comuns. Da totalidade dos apartamentos, 7 (sete) são totalmente diferentes, tendo sido o atelier a desenhar / fornecer o “Interior Design” (quadros, móveis, iluminação).
Preconizamos uma nova caixa de escadas, integrando um elevador (inexistente, no projeto inicial), um grande saguão (dois pequenos, no projeto inicial) e o aproveitamento de um terraço no piso 1 (existiam vários anexos que foram demolidos).
O projeto começou em 2016 e terminou em 2022, após 3 anos de obra, de um acompanhamento intenso da equipa projetista, dono de obra, fiscalização e empreiteiro geral.
Hotel Villa Theatro in Braga, Portugal – Building Information
Architecture Office: Arquitectos Aliados, Lda – https://arquitectosaliados.com/
Main Architect: Susana Leite . arq / Luis Barbosa e Silva . arq
E-mail: [email protected]
Instagram: www.instagram.com/arquitectosaliados
Location: Avenida da Liberdade, 729, Braga, Portugal
Year of conclusion: 2022
Total area: 960 sqm
Promotor: villatheatro.com
Constructor: Invenio
Engineering: Encep (estruturas), E3E (mecânicas), Speed of Light (electricidade / ited), Engª Luisa Miguel (hidráulicas) Amplitude (acústica), Exactusensu (seg. contra incêndio)
Interiors Team: Arquitectos Aliados, Lda (responsável: Susana Leite, arq.)
Architectural photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio – https://www.ivotavares.net/
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Instagram: www.instagram.com/ivotavaresstudio
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