Case study: Dormideira, rest as the main experience

Dormideira, apartments opened in 2025, is part of that new constellation of accommodations that understand rest as the main experience: not as a base camp for tourism, but as a place where time stretches and the landscape sets the pace.

Located in Lugar de Os Campos, in the village of San Vicente (O Grove), it presents itself as a natural extension of the gastronomic universe of Culler de Pau (two Michelin Stars), led by the same family: a hospitality that appeals to the intimate, the essential and the territorial.

 

Small everyday luxuries

The proposal aligns with a sensibility that is gaining strength today in the slow movement. travel: small everyday luxuries that, far from being ostentatious, eliminate friction. At Dormideira, for example, the day can begin with an à la carte breakfast served in the apartment itself, without mandatory schedules or common areas; a design gesture of time, rather than of the object.

In addition, there is a technical layer consistent with the idea of living calmly: the apartments are heated by geothermal energy, reinforcing a quiet, stable and low-noise comfort.

 

Materiality as a strategy for continuity

The project uses Savia’s Thermopine in the ventilated facade, interior panelling and decking, building a material continuity that blurs the boundaries between inside and outside, key in any accommodation that wants to make the environment a part of the house.

On the facade, the logic of a ventilated second skin is based on a heat-treated wood with high temperature and steam, a process that modifies its structure without resorting to chemicals, and which the brand associates with performance improvements: up to 25% more thermal insulation, greater resistance to fungi and wood-boring insects, and suitable use both outdoors and indoors.

Inside, the panelling translates that same wood into atmosphere: visual warmth, tactile qualities, and a serene palette that complements the purpose of the place (to rest, contemplate, disconnect). And in the decking, Thermopine acts as a habitable threshold: the point where the guest goes out a little into the landscape without leaving the shelter.