Refúgio do Pomar

Refúgio Pomar: it’s not isolation, it’s connection.
refúgio (pt masculine noun):
1. A place considered safe, where someone or something can take refuge.
2. Shelter; retreat.
3. A person, thing, or idea that protects or provides support.

Program: local accommodation
Implantation area: 4250m²
Location: Águeda, Portugal
Client: private
Year: 2026 – (awaiting construction)
Architecture: CURO
Archviz: Joana Marques
Topographic Survey: Topografo João Ferreira
Engineering Eng.º Luís Ferreira

Program: local accommodation
Implantation area: 4250m²
Location: Águeda, Portugal
Client: private
Year: 2026 – (awaiting construction)
Architecture: CURO
Archviz: Joana Marques
Topographic Survey: Topografo João Ferreira
Engineering Eng.º Luís Ferreira

Refúgio do Pomar it’s not isolation, it’s encounter, in a place where architecture approaches the landscape with care, respecting the silence of the land and the natural memory of its topography. A project born from the desire to create shelter without withdrawal, presence without imposition.

Sensitively embedded in the topography, the volumes follow its contours and open themselves to light, views, and the rhythm of the place. Natural materials strengthen the relationship with the outdoors, while interior spaces offer comfort, calm, and visual continuity with the surrounding greenery. Here, time slows, and every architectural gesture invites lingering.

More than a complex of local accommodations, the Refúgio do Pomar it is an experience of dwelling in balance. A shelter that welcomes, a retreat that brings closer, a space where architecture and nature coexist in serenity, creating a setting that invites encounter between people, landscape, and time.