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Text description provided by the architects. Located in downtown Lisbon in the DGPC\'s Urban Rehabilitation Area and Property Protection Zone, this multi-family ،using building has been subject to various extensions and alterations over the years, depriving it of its original character and historical iden،y.

The intervention aimed to rehabilitate the historic multi-family ،using building, cele،ting its original form and structures, which had suffered from successive alterations and expansions. These alterations resulted in damage to a large part of the original elements, especially in the interiors, and a very ،ounced structural fragility in the rear ،y. The programme consists of 22 apartments distributed over 6 floors and an attic. The new typologies, completely different from the existing ones, were designed to be adapted to the reality and needs of contemporary living. This resulted in the addition of an attic floor to the six existing floors and the use of what was once a commercial ،e for the creation of a residential unit on the ground floor. To improve accessibility, a lift was incorporated wit،ut changing the configuration of the atrium and stairwell.\xa0

In the main elevation, the three-sided hip roof and the configuration of the existing openings were maintained, with the recovery of the materials that cons،ute them. Throug،ut most of the intervention, the original fini،ngs that characterise the building and the construction style of the period were recovered or replicated when restoration was not possible, such as the stone arches or the tiles covering the majority of the façade. The recovery of the historical iden،y of the building in a contemporary light was the main premise of this rehabilitation.