Vale da Castanheira House

In a beautiful, hidden and long-forgotten valley, between Penhas Douradas and the source of the Mondego River, a shepherds’ enclosure preserves the family memory that gave rise to this project. The house is shaped by the scale dictated by the schist volume and by the framed views reconstructed through memory: a walnut tree beside the […]

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Aquilino Ribeiro Primary School and Kindergarten

The Amendoeiras neighbourhood is part of a rehousing plan initiated in the 1960s on the eastern side of the Chelas Valley, with the school serving as one of its supporting public facilities. As in all neighbourhoods of this nature, the public school plays a central role in the lives of local residents, reflecting and promoting […]

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