This is an architecture project for Ínsua’s Fort in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, done in my fourth year as an architecture student at University of Minho.

This project for a Maritime Research Center on the Island of Ínsua aims to gather the space conditions and services necessary for the study of the ocean, as well as the respective spaces of support for the research activity.

To this end, the intention was to rehabilitate the Convent of Our Lady of Ínsua in the image of its golden past, choosing to allocate the majority of the program within the pre-existence. Considering the value of the patrimony and the current situation of abandonment, the intervention is mainly based on conservation works, restoration, stabilization of existing walls and construction of new roofs.