Rehabilitation of a 1930s house in Valada, built on a flood protection dyke on the River Tagus. 

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This structure is part of a group of 23 dikes that protect a vast agricultural territory with around 940,000 inhabitants.

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Built on the foundation of the dyke, in stone, adobe (above flood level) and wood structure, the intervention was based on the principle of "adaptive reuse"*, enhancing the relationship between interior spaces, while exploring the sunlight from the east and the privileged view over the River Tagus.

* 1999 Burra Charter, Australia ICOMOS.