The Canine & Feline Hotel is located in Parada, Vila do Conde and the main program consists of temporary dog and cat accommodation, a hotel where the animals stay for a few days, during holidays or professional travel of their owners.
The remaining program is a complement to the space's activity, with a veterinary office, a grooming room, outdoor training areas and a swimming pool for pets.
The program is distributed over three buildings that are interconnected, allowing to create three different areas.
This way we got to separate the cat zone from the dog zone, avoiding the meeting of both and reducing the animal noises. In another building we find all the public service spaces.
In combination with the programmatic layout needs, the three volumes were designed to reduce the impact of the construction area in order to improve its landscape integration.
Bio Raulino Silva is an architect from Escola Superior Artística do Porto, and was born in Vila do Conde, in 1981, where he works and lives.
He took part as a speaker at The Plan Magazine's Perspective Europe Forum, in Italy, at Pecha Kucha Night in Porto and Lisbon, and was invited to present his projects at “Arquitectura Avanzada” in Mexico, at the Big Design Festival Ljubljana, in Slovenia, in the Architecture Seminar at the Escola Superior Artística do Porto and recently at the Museu da Arte Nova, in Aveiro.
Other prizes His work, particularly on the housing theme, has been shown in several exhibitions, standouts include the "Shine Exhibition", at the Big Design Festival Ljubljana, the “Best International Houses”, at Platform Architecture and Design in Venice and the Europe 40 Under 40 Awards from The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, in Athens. His works are published in some major architecture books and magazines such as “A House with a Pool” and "The New Minimalist Style" by Loft Publications, "International Panorama Vol. 2" by The Plan Magazine, "Contemporary Architecture" by Braun Publishing, "Raulino Silva - Portuguese Architect" by Uzina Books, “Influencers Architecture” by Óscar Asensio and "Raulino Silva" on Archinews 57. In recent years, it has been a juror at some international competitions and awards, including the Uni platform, Bee Breeders, Young Architects Competitions, "Rethinking The Future Awards 2021", Forma 2022 Award and Espaço Award 2023 and 2024. In 2019 he was awarded a medal for merit, gifted by the chief executive of the City Hall of Vila do Conde. Main Awards 2024 - Gold Winner, IDA Design Awards, USA 2023 - Gold Winner, Grands Prix Du Design, Canada 2023 - Winner, Paris Design Awards, France 2023 - Winner, BLT Built Design Awards, Switzerland 2021 – 1st Prize, Liv Hospitality Design Awards, Switzerland 2021 – 1st Prize, Lusófonos de Arquitetura e Design Interiores, Portugal 2020 - 1st Prize, 2A CAA - Europe Architecture Awards, UAE 2020 - Winner, International Architecture Award Chicago, USA 2020 - Gold Winner, Muse Design Awards, in the Architectural, USA 2019 – Winner, IF Design Award, Germany 2019 – Winner, Europe 40 Under 40 Awards 2018, Greece 2019 - 1st Prize, International Residential Architecture Awards, India 2018 – Winner, Architecture MasterPrize, USA 2017 - Winner Iconic Awards, Germany 2015 - 1st Prize, Baku International Architecture Award, Azerbaijan 2003 - 2nd Prize, Bergamo Architecture, Italy
