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Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Contemporary Portuguese House in Portugal design by Saperlipopette les Architectes, Martial Marquet

9 Mar 2016

Design: Saperlipopette les Architectes, Martial Marquet

Location: Gateira, Penela, Coimbra District, central Portugal

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Photos by Fernando Guerra, FG+SG

Casa No Muro

Behind the project casa no muro there is the promise of a father to his children, to build them a tree house. But the tree overhanging the enclosure wall was on the neighbour’s land: So how could we answer to the children request to build this dreamed cabin?

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

To rising off the cabin from the ground, we install it on the wall to keep the idea of a floating space. Constructed in wood, the cabin can open on nature by a big wood shutter, invisible when it is closed.

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

The project is accessible using a ladder integrated on a footpath: a large platform ends the boardwalk offering a view on pinewood landscape. Fishing nets are fixed all along the constructive system in «v» shape, for the children safety.

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

The concept of laminated facades is thinking with tightened boards, on the lower part of the cabin and increasingly spaced boards in the higher part. It creates outside views, filtering light and keeping children’s privacy at their level small size.

Contemporary Portuguese House in Portugal design by Saperlipopette les Architectes, Martial Marquet

Because of a low budget, this cabin is a project made with the participation of the village carpenter, customers, neighbours, and architects. This is a local pine wood: an autoclave treatment has been applied to make resistant this outdoor construction.

New Portuguese House in Portugal design by Saperlipopette les Architectes, Martial Marquet

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Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Architects : Saperlipopette les Architectes, Martial Marquet
Location : 3100-456 Albergaria dos Doze, Portugal
Area : 14.5 sqm
Project Year : 2015
Structural Engineer : Pierre Brégon – arborescence ingénierie
Client : Private
Stage : built
Program : Cabin
Materials : Pine wood, autoclave finished

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze

Photographs : Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Website: Martial Marquet

Tree House in Albergaria dos Doze images / information received 180416

Location: 3100-456 Albergaria dos Doze, Portugal, southwestern Europe

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