Senhora do Monte 15

Location

Rua Senhora do Monte, nº15 - Lisbon

State

Completed

Project

November 2016

Work

June 2018

Area

600m²

Category

Rehabilitation | Housing

Photography

Francisco Nogueira

The process of rehabilitating this building has merit, not only because it was one of the first interventions on the site, but also because it contributed to the enhancement of the place and to the renewal of the overall image of the traditional Graça neighborhood, both at a tourist and residential level.

Main facade

After the intervention, in addition to being an archetype of early 20th century housing architecture, the building became an example of the traditional tile technique of that period.

In this context, an intervention plan was detailed that would safeguard the existing architectural/aesthetic characteristics of the façades and therefore fit them in with the new materials and/or elements of the building. On the main façade, the stonework, tile panels, statuary and railings were restored, and new amansard bodies were added at a later stage. On the back façade, a metal structure (balcony) was attached to the exterior wall, which was intended to refer to the “architecture of iron” and establish a link with the new materiality of the zinc mansards.