Portugal Fuller Center for Housing – Braga Build

Braga, Portugal – 2025. The Fuller Center for Housing Portugal, partnering with a Portuguese charity, Associação Humanitária Domus is converting a former industrial workshop into a six-unit apartment building. The build site is in Tadim which is a small parish located within the larger municipality of Braga in Northern Portugal. Our team spent a week doing various jobs in the interior of the building but primarily working on one exterior wall which required some repair work and mounting Styrofoam insulation.
Tropical Restaurante, our meeting place in Porto, Portugal
Our build team and the Fuller cycling team in Porto waiting for the bus to take us all to Domus House in Braga, Portugal
The basic plans and artist rendering of the Fuller Center building project in Braga, Portugal
Artist’s rendition of the finished building of the Fuller Center building project in Braga, Portugal
Plan for the ground floor apartments for the Fuller Center building project in Braga, Portugal
The old and yet to be completed part of the Fuller Center project in Braga, Portugal
Outer walls that have been completed. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
The interior walls and rooms. Fuller Center work site, Braga, Portugal
Our first day was spent erecting scaffolding on one of the outside walls. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
The area that will be the entrance courtyard but is now a construction storage area. Fuller Center work site, Braga, Portugal
The area that will be the entrance courtyard but is now a construction storage area. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
This is a hollow red brick which was being used for some of the exterior walls. They are energy efficient because the hollow spaces provide insulation, they are…
The upper-level entrance. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
Painting one of the exterior walls. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
Waterproofing the rain gutter. Also, a nice look at the roof construction. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
A view of Tadim and the surrounding hills from the top of the scaffolding. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
Our work for most of the week was repairing this outer wall and putting on the Styrofoam insulation. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
On our last day of work most of the insulation had been applied to the outer wall. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
What will be the front entrance and courtyard when the building is finished. Fuller Center project, Braga, Portugal
Our eating and relaxation room at Domus House. Braga, Portugal