The preserved mansions from the 19th century were built with stones and solid bricks fixed with whale oil. Wide walls, colonial tiles, generous window frames, and wooden floors help us understand the architectural history of the buildings.

"Eleninha" occupies the ground floor of one of the iconic corners of the old workers' houses complex. Investigation, preservation, and resignification synthesize the starting point of the project. The design challenge arose from the demand to create a restaurant/bar that could operate day and night, offering different types of services – lunch, happy hour, and late-night music bar.

The intervention seeks to establish a dialogue between the old and the new, primarily distinguished by materiality.