MARE CHAL CAR MONA

2019 - Present Cascais, Portugal

Residential

Down the river in search of the sea, it is a 30-minute train ride that separates Lisbon and Cascais. Through windows, the various frames of the great river and its Atlantic mouth, the passing of time and collective memory, stories about stories marks the approach to the Marechal Carmona neighborhood, opened in 1946 as a response to the housing shortages of the time.

The project challenged us to rehabilitate this dying, albeit characteristic neighborhood in the heart of Cascais by adding to it 500 more dwellings while simultaneously attempting to preserve its character.

The project was comprised of an urban plan as well as several, more detailed interventions including various housing projects, a kindergarten, a school and a multifunctional building. Here I will be focusing on the residential project.