Following on from the conversion of the horse barn into housing in 2012, the Casa Mãe project is the second phase of the strategy that aims to redevelop the "Sítio da Lezíria" - a former agricultural property in Alcácer do Sal.

The project aims to reconcile the rehabilitation and restoration of the existing building by adapting it for new functions and attaching a new structure to the original. This approach integrates two temporal periods into a unified whole, crafting a cohesive narrative that enriches both the past and the present.

The project's development is thus based on two fundamental axes:

- Firstly, through rehabilitation and restoration as a way of reinterpreting the manorial character of the building. This character is revealed by the succession of exterior spaces and platforms that lead to the entrance of the house, by the simplicity of the façades composed by the rhythm of the openings, by the continuous communication between the compartments in the interior, by the presence of large chimneys, or even by the high ceiling height that the project highlights.

- Secondly, through the construction of a new volume that closes the southeast side of the building - where clandestine volumes were located -, at the same time allowing for a new distribution and organisation of the interior of the house.

PROJECT Sítio da Leziria | Casa  Mãe

LOCATION Sítio da Leziria, Alcárcer do Sal

PROGRAM Renovation, House

AREA 350 sqm

YEAR 2021

ARCHITECTURE TEAM Filipe Rodrigues, Inês Vicente, Marta Frazão,

Emmanuel Novo, Francisco Libório, Filipa Neiva, Joana Melo, Rafael Gomes

ENGINEERING NCREP

CONSTRUCTION Gilberto Construções

PHOTOGRAPHS Richard John Seymour