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The rehabilitation of the former Monastery of Santa Maria de Arouca, classified as a National Monument since 1910, proposes the transformation of a significant part of the monastic complex into a five-star hotel, developed within the REVIVE programme. More than a functional conversion, the project emerges as an exercise in historical continuity, where architecture, memory and landscape converge in a renewed narrative of use and permanence. Ivo Tavares Studio Ivo Tavares Studio The intervention focuses on the South Wing of the Monastery, extending to the former Infirmary, Apothecary and Agricultural Support buildings, as well as to the extensive monastic enclosure. The strategy adopts a restrained and respectful approach, avoiding... More