DepA architects

29/05/2026

Tile prototype - Covelo housing block

22/04/2026

Selecionado prémios FAD 2026

A Creche Modular em madeira está entre os projetos selecionados dos prémios FAD.

photo:

05/02/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

4/4 – 5 de Outubro Housing Block (2019-2025)

20/01/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

3/4 – Padre Cruz Housing Block (2019-2025)

https://www.depa.pt/Padre-Cruz-Housing-Block

The building is set on Rua do Padre Cruz, integrating into a continuous urban frontage undergoing consolidation. The proposal is based on a critical reading of the immediate context, responding to the different heights and depths of the adjacent buildings. The resulting volume is shaped by this adjustment, with the main body aligned with the street frontage and a recessed top floor that recomposes the urban silhouette and softens the perception of the building’s overall height.
The internal organization of the building reflects this volumetric logic. The typical floors adopt a clear and repetitive structure, while the ground floor and the recessed level are conceived as variations within the system, responding in specific ways to the relationship with the street and the rear courtyard. The apartments are organized around the main living space, from which all other spaces unfold. Balconies and terraces play a central role in extending the living areas and mediating the relationship between interior and exterior.
The architectural expression results from an honest transposition of the spatial configuration onto the façades, where the interplay between solids and voids, recessed planes and projections creates depth and rhythm. Materiality is treated as a unifying element, reinforcing a restrained and timeless presence, capable of engaging with the diversity of the existing urban frontage and affirming the building as an element of continuity and consolidation within the urban fabric.

Architecture:
Project Management: Flow Project
MEP: Valeng, CPX, Scale Numbers
Inspection: DDN
Contractor: Invenio
Photography:

06/01/2026

2025, in Four Built Works. Looking ahead to 2026.

2/4 – Covelo Housing Block (2019-2025)

https://www.depa.pt/Covelo-Apartments-Block

The building occupies a vacant plot on a street with a continuous frontage. Its volumetric configuration responds to the neighboring buildings, attempting to reconcile their differing heights and depths. As a result, the lower floors gain depth and take on a sculpted form, alternately creating interior and exterior spaces. The upper floors lose volume, forming terraces that extend the interior spaces. The 19 apartments are designed in a simple manner. The sleeping areas are clearly defined. The common spaces are conceived as a continuous space, although the articulation of the walls suggests different areas of occupation. The building is clad in a ceramic covering designed specifically for this project, featuring an asymmetrical relief that gives the façades different textures through the simple incidence of light.

Architecture:
Engineering: Valeng, CPX, MSE
Client: Repor
Photography:

02/01/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

1/4 - Wooden Kindergarten (2022-2025)

www.depa.pt//kindergarten

Given the premise of installing a kindergarten within a pre-existing building lacking significant architectural qualities, the decision was made to concentrate all technical and service areas within this structure. For the remainder of the programme, a new attached system was developed, based on modular prefabricated timber construction. Within this system, all kindergarten rooms are defined by natural light, share the same construction module, and are connected by a continuous gallery. Together, they shape a sequence of outdoor voids that form protected courtyards, helping to dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior learning environments.

Architecture: depA architects
Engineering: paaf engenharia
Client: ISCMT
Photography: José Campos

17/11/2025

06/11/2025