ROUTE
FORMA DA VIZINHANÇA
ARCHITECTURE AND ART FESTIVAL
ARCHITECTURE AND ART FESTIVAL
ARCHITECTURAL ROUTE
Eight temporary architectural installations are set across five urban areas and three urban gardens in Braga, as part of the FORMA DA VIZINHANÇA (SHAPE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD) festival. Conceived by eight invited national and international architecture teams and inspired by the stories of each site, these installations can be visited freely as part of a self-guided city route, at any time between June and November 2025.
Eight temporary architectural installations are set across five urban areas and three urban gardens in Braga, as part of the FORMA DA VIZINHANÇA (SHAPE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD) festival. Conceived by eight invited national and international architecture teams and inspired by the stories of each site, these installations can be visited freely as part of a self-guided city route, at any time between June and November 2025.
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MANUEL BOUZAS
[ ATLAS ]
A lightweight canopy shelters the Fonte do Atlas, creating a flexible interior space for rest, conversation, and imagination — a place to reflect on the possible cosmos of the Fontainhas neighbourhood.
> Fontainhas, Praça das Fontainhas
A monument that offers shade, welcomes gatherings, and forges ties between the gardeners of the São Vicente urban garden and the residents of the Andorinhas neighbourhood and the city of Braga.
> Horta Urbana de São Vicente
NUNO MELO SOUSA
[ CONDOMINIUM ROOM ]
On the stepped walkway of the Parretas neighbourhood, a reimagined condominium room in three levels invites rest, gathering, and collective discussion among neighbours.
> Parretas, Escadaria da Alameda da Fonte
[ CONDOMINIUM ROOM ]
On the stepped walkway of the Parretas neighbourhood, a reimagined condominium room in three levels invites rest, gathering, and collective discussion among neighbours.
> Parretas, Escadaria da Alameda da Fonte
PARTO ATELIER
[ FUTURE ARCHAELOGIES ]
Between layers of soil and clay, a greenhouse-laboratory emerges in the Fujacal neighbourhood — a space where the community molds and creates objects and stories from a future neighbourhood yet to be unearthed.
> Fujacal, Praça dos Arsenalistas
> Activation by Gustavo Ciríaco + Andrea Sonnberger
Around a jacaranda tree — a gift from poet Eugénio de Andrade to a local resident — a quiet shelter rises, inviting visitors to dwell within the words left in this place.
> Quinta da Capela, Praça Dr. Francisco
Araújo Malheiro
A steel curtain wraps around the base of an unfinished fountain in the Makro neighbourhood, revealing within it a garden for the local community.
> Zona da Makro, Praça Cónego Francisco
Pacheco Pereira
RAM
[ MORABEZA ]
Cape Verdean hospitality — Morabeza — is translated into an installation that hosts affective encounters between the Quinta das Lameiras garden and its surrounding neighbourhood.
> Horta Urbana da Quinta das Lameiras
LIMIT ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
[ MOBILE SEEDBED ]
A mobile seedbed sets off from the Quinta da Armada garden, spreading seeds of encounter, care, and collaboration across Braga’s gardens and neighbourhoods.
> Horta Urbana da Quinta da Armada
[ MOBILE SEEDBED ]
A mobile seedbed sets off from the Quinta da Armada garden, spreading seeds of encounter, care, and collaboration across Braga’s gardens and neighbourhoods.
> Horta Urbana da Quinta da Armada